c/n

Model

reg

History

7481

C-54A-5-DO

ZS-DBE

Bell Aviation 1949. Broken up Oakland, California, April 1974

7488

C-54A-5-DO

ZS-IPR

Suidwes Lugdiens & Namib Air "Alexander Bay" January 1972. Sold to Aero Air; ZS-IPR 5.1995; to Dutch Dakota Association as PH-DDY .1997 for storage. In SAAF service (6906) this aircraft (& 6901) was used for Electronic Warfare Operations

10307

C-54A-10-DC

ZS-BWN

SAA 30 September 1947 "Swartberg". Stored N'djamena, Chad ex TT-EAF

10325

C-54A-10-DC

ZS-FCK

Africair 30 August 1967. Broken up and used for spares Rand airport

10337

C-54A-10-DC

ZS-IRE

Africair April 1972. Stored Kinshasa Zaire 1981 9Q-CWP

10378

C-54A-15-DC

ZS-CJA

Wenela 22 March 1958. Withdrawn from use and stored 1982 (Transair Cargo)

10380

7T-VAP

Air Mauritanie

10382

Coverted to Aviation Traders ATL 98. Carried 9Q-CTI

10395

C-54

3X-YUN

ex Air Guinee

10397

C-54A-15-DC

ZS-FLO

Botswana National Airways 1968. Destroyed Biafran Airlift 1969

10412

C-54A-15-DC

ZS-IJT

Africair 4 February 1971. Broken up Bulawayo, Rhodesia, 1972

10413

C-54A-15-DC

6908

SAAF 6908 on 17 December 1980. Sold to Aero Air ZS-XXX; Transair Cargo 9Q-CJL 21.6.1993. Rr EL-WBB .1997. Stored in SA for TAC Air Service as 3D-JHL in 2004.

10416

C-54A-15-DC

ZS-BYA

Mercury Aviation Services February 1948. Wfu & stored April 1955

10417

C-54A-15-DC

6907

SAAF 6907 on 6 January 1981. Sold to Africa Cargo Air ZS-XXX (4); ZS-NJN 1 June 1993; 7Q-YYY; 3D-NJN .1997. Stored at Lansera with Aviation Mondiale as 3D-ADW

10441

C-54A-1-DC

ZS-IGC

Africair 6 November 1969. Shot down Tete Province, Mozambique 26 November 1977

10452

C-54B

9Q-CBG

9Q-CBG the world's one and only swingtail DC-4. 42- 72347, NC15845, D-ANUK, N95407, OO-VAN, 9Q-CHB, 9Q-CBG. Converted to Swingtail in 1970 by SABENA at Brussels. First flight 16 December 1966, delivered back again in March 1967. Temporary registration 9T-THB. To Zaire Aero Service in 1975. To Kinair Cargo in 1984 Registration changed to 9Q-CBK. Crashed Mbamou Island 23 August 1988. MBamou is an island in the Congo River

10498

C-54A-1-DC

ZS-BXS

Mercury Aviation. Written off

10543

C-54B-1-DC

ZS-IRK

Africair 5 Sept 1972. wfu & stored Ndjili, Zaire 1979. C-54B-1-DC. Line number DC274. Registrations carried: 42-72438, N66644, HZ-AAI, G-ASPM, ZS-IRK, A2-AAD, 9Q-CWQ. [WFU].Douglas C-54B-1-DC, c/n 10543 Delivered on 27 January 1945 to United States Army Air Force as 42-72438. Sold in March 1946 to Transocean Airlines, re-registered NC66644. Re-registered N66644 in 1949. Sold in June 1952 to Saudi Arabian Airlines and re-registered HZ-AAI. Sold on 16 February 1964 to British Eagle International Airlines and re-registered G-ASPM. Sold on 18 February 1965 to Invicta International Airlines. Sold on 5 September 1972 to Africair, re-registered ZS-IRK. Sold later that year to Wenela and withdrawn from use until 1974. Re-registered A2-AAD in 1975. Sold in 1976 to Société Générale d'Alimentation, re-registered 9Q-CWQ. Reported stored at Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004.

10640

10644

C-54D-1-DC

Did not carry South African registration, but operated frequently from Lanseria during the 1990s.

10774

C-54

3X-KRS

ex Air Guinee

10811

C-54D-10-DC

ZS-PAK

Phoebus Apollo Aviation, Broken up at Rand Airport September 2001

18327

C-54B-5-DO

ZS-BYO

Scrapped Melton, Australia 1991

18360

5U-MAE

Niger Air Force. Forces Armées Nigeriennes

18366

C-54B-10-DO

ZS-EKJ

Wenela March 1966. Wfu & stored Kinshasa derelict 1981

18369

C-54B-10-DO

ZS-EKU

Marine Diamond 23 Aug 1965. Wfu & broken up for spares Bulawayo, Rhodesia, 1972

22192

C-54D-15-DC

ZS-PAJ

Phoebus Apollo "Helios". Donated to the SAA Museum Society Rand Airport

27242

C-54B-20-DO

ZS-CLN

Bought by Douglas Aircraft Company 13 December, 1945 and converted to DC-4, conversion No. 24. Bought by Delta Airlines 2April, 1946 registered as N37475. Bought by Pacific Northern Airlines 27 February, 1953. Bought by Overseas National Airways in 1957, registered as N410NA, named "Loma D". Sold to Witwatersrand Native Labour Association of Rhodesia (WENELA) and registered ZS-CLN in 1960. Reregistered VP-YST March 1961, reregistered September 1968 as A2-ZER. Crashed two minutes after take-off from Francistown, Botswana 4 April, 1974, due to contaminated fuel. 78 of 84 killed. The story of Wenela can be read on the South African Airways Museum Society website here

27289

C-54E-5-DO

ZS-LMH

National Air Cargo August 1983. On display Frankfurt, Germany in USAF colours

27314

C-54E-5-DO

9J-PAA

Wonder Air 1996. With Phoebus Apollo, Rand Airport as 9J-PAA. Converted to ATL-98 Carvair on 12 July 1968 c/n 21/27314 last of 21 converted). Last flown with Phoebus Apollo. (Then the last flying example in the world)

27319

C-54E-15-DO

ZS-PAI

Phoebus Apollo "Atlas". Phoebus Apollo, Rand Airport, in flying condition but not flown for some time, as at December 2011.

27373

9Q-CPB

Zaire Aero Service

42911

DC-4-1009

ZS-CIH

Trek Airways April 1958 "Louis Trichardt". Broken up Malta 1985

42913

DC-4-1009

ZS-CIG

Trek Airways April 1958 "Piet Retief". Burnt out after forced landing in the desert near Assiout, Egypt on 3 September 1960.

42934

DC-4-1009

ZS-AUA

SAA 25 March 1946 "Tafelberg". Sold to Aero Air ZS-NUR 5.1995; to Dutch Dakota Association PH-DDS, but reverted to ZS-AUA on 15 April 2002 with Springbok Classic Air. To Rovos Air. To Skyclass Aviation, "Tafelberg". First ever aircraft to touch down at Jan Smuts Airport on 17 April 1952. Final DC-4 to operate a commercial service with SAA in 1966. In SAAF service this aircraft was referred to as "Spook" on account of her electronic warfare operations use with 44 squadron.

42984

DC-4-1009

ZS-AUB

SAA 10 May 1946 "Outeniqua". Sold back to SA Airways ZS-AUB. Airworthy. SAA Historic Flight. Then donated to the SAA Museum Society end of 2007. Operated by Skyclass Aviation. Leased Swissair .1997. "Outeniqua" In SAA service this aircraft was fitted with a strengthened heavy duty floor which added 400 pounds to her weight and utilized to support the DC-7B service to Australia. The DC-7B was notorious for engine failures and the long flight over water had to be supported with spare engines ready to be flown to either Mauritius, Cocos Island or Perth, if needed. The DC-7B service to Australia commenced in 1957. Last SAAF DC-4 flown on 3 August 1994. Crew of the final DC-4 flight was F/Sgt Mannetjies Wilken, WO1 Theo Munro, Maj HP Meyer, Maj Rodney King, Maj Marius van den Heever, Lt Iain Findlay and L/Cpl Marco Gerli.

42985

DC-4-1009

ZS-AUC

SAA 14 May 1946 "Drakensberg". Withdrawn from use and stored September 1972. Broken up

42995

DC-4-1009

9Q-CWJ

Aircraft flown by Balair. Before Balair it was KLM PH-TCE, then PH-DBE, then Olympic Airways SX-DAG before entering service as HB-ILD at Balair. After Balair it was 9Q-CWJ of Societe Generale d'Alimentation, before being broken up. Société Générale d'Alimentation

43067

DC-4-1009

ZS-IGB

Suidwes Lugdiens, Marine Diamond. Wfu & stored 5 October 1977, broken up at Eros, Windhoek January 1979

43155

DC-4-1009

ZS-BMF

SAA 21 June 1947 "Amatola". On display SAAF Museum Swartkop. 14 November 1992

43156

DC-4-1009

ZS-BMG

SAA 24 June 1946 "Magaliesburg". Burnt out at Fields Aircraft Services at Rand Airport whilst undergoing maintenance on 24 November 1980.

43157

DC-4-1009

ZS-BMH

SAA 9 Aug 1947 "Lebombo". To SAAF. Sold back to SA Airways ZS-BMH. SAA Historic Flight. Donated to the SAA Museum Society end of 2007. Operated by Skyclass Aviation. Last DC-4 built. "Lemombo" Collided with Harvard 7464 over Durban 30 June 1962.