The Douglas DC-4 Association
of South Africa
Individual Aircraft History
| DC-4 South African Operators |
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Douglas C54A-5-DO
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Date |
Registrations |
Operator / Fate |
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16/5/1944 |
42-107469 |
United Sates Air Force |
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25/01/1946 |
Storage at Walnut Ridge for RFC (Reconstruction Finance
Corporation) | |
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18/3/1946 |
unregistered |
Executive transport
corporation |
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5/9/1946 |
unregistered |
Matson Air Lines, bought for $ 1.00 (!) and other
valuable considerations |
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15/11/1946 |
N53103 |
Matson Air Lines |
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18/11/1946 |
NX53103 |
Matson Air Lines, “Experimental, to be used for the
purpose of flight training only”. |
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22/11/1946 |
Far Eastern Air Transport Inc., bought for $
135.000 | |
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06/01/1947 |
PI-C102 |
Far Eastern Air Transport
Inc |
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14/07/1947 |
Philippine Airlines | |
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05/07/1951 |
HS-POE |
Pacific Overseas
Airlines |
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11/1951 |
Thai Airways | |
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09/1958 |
HS-TSA |
Thai Airways |
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1958 |
42-107469 |
Thai Air Force |
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1966 |
VQ-ZEF |
Botswana National
Airways |
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1968 |
A2-ZEF |
Botswana National
Airways |
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1970 |
Botswana Airways
Corporation | |
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1972 |
Withdrawn from use. Stored
Johannesburg | |
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1/1972 |
ZS-IPR |
Suidwes Lugdiens “Alexander
Bay” |
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1/12/1978 |
Namib Air Ltd (new
name) | |
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10/1980 |
Withdrawn from use and stored
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7/10/1980 |
Namib Air (Eros) | |
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4/1981 |
6906 |
SAAF – 15 Air Depot |
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13/10/1982 |
44 Squadron AFB
Swartkop | |
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16/7/1992 |
44 Squadron AFB
Waterkloof | |
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27/1/1995 |
Withdrawn from use – for sale
Armscor | |
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17/3/1995 |
Sold to Aero Air Rand
Airport | |
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12/5/1995 |
ZS-IPR |
Aero Air, Rand Airport (the late Wally
Gale) |
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29/11/1995 |
Johannesburg International – Restoration Service
(?) | |
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Stored for the Dutch Dakota
Association | ||
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04/06/1997 |
Ferried to Schiphol, Amsterdam on behalf of Dutch Dakota
Association. PH-DDY reserved, not taken up, used for spares on
PH-DDS. | |
| 22/3/2003 | NL-316 |
Netherlands
Government Air Transport. On display Aviodrome, Lelystad,
Flevoland.
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| 2014 | Sold to The Aviodrome Museum in February 2014. It has been on display at the Museum for 10 years. |
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