The Douglas DC-6 Association
of South Africa
DC-6/C-118 in Africa
Individual aircraft history
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DC-6 IN SOUTH AFRICA
By Leon Steyn, October 2010
Although the DC-6 variants were common visitors to Palmietfontein Airport and to Jan Smuts Airport in the early post war years, they were being operated by KLM, PAA, SAS, Sabena, British Caledonian, Alitalia and others. South African Airways did not operate the DC-6 and opted for the Douglas DC-4 and Douglas DC-7B.
The only South African DC-6 operators were Avia Air Charter of Wonderboom which briefly operated two from Wonderboom Airport and Interocean Airways which operated from Lanseria Airport.
West Air Aviation and Namibian Commercial Aviation utilised DC-6s during the 1990s. Many more DC-6s, not on the South African register frequented local airfields such as Rand Airport and Lanseria Airport for maintenance. Many of these ended up in South Africa.
DC-6 IN AFRICA
Click on the c/n for photographs and further information pertaining to that aircraft. If the c/n is not coloured blue then no information is available for that airframe. Contributions will be most welcome.
The DC-6 aircraft that carried ZS- registrations were:
c/n 45201 ZS-MTE Avia Air
c/n 45329 ZS-MUL Avia Air, ZS-XXX South African Airways Museum Society
Below is a list of DC-6 and C118 aircraft that have carried African civil or military registrations. The list is sorted by construction number.
Click on the c/n to go to the information page for each airframe.
Click on the link
under the
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the
www.airliners.net page for photos of the
aircraft.
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c/n/ln |
Model |
Registrations carried |
Notes, location and status where known. |
Links to photgraphs on other webites |
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Wreck
at Dar es Salaam? |
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| 43107/93 | DC-6 | 5N-APK | Africair, Pan African Airlines | |
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43127/133 |
DC-6 |
9Q-CPL,
EL-WNH |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43127/133&distinct_entry=true |
| 43148/157 | DC-6 | 90-CLA, 9Q-CLA, 9T-TLA | Air Congo, Air Zaire, Zaire Air Force. ex OO-AWU and OO-SDD | |
| 43149/158 | DC-6 | 9O-CLB/9Q-CLB | Air Congo, Air Zaire. ex OO-AWN and OO-SDE | |
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43297/213 |
9Q-CPK |
Filair , Kinshasa . Scrapped and broken up 1998 |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43297/213&distinct_entry=true | |
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43557/248 |
TU-TBD, TU-TCH,
TR-KEA |
Air Afrique,
Gabon Government. Presidential aircraft. Wreck at Libreville
in Gabon. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43557&distinct_entry=true | |
| 43558/256 | DC-6B | TU-TCJ | Air Afrique | |
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43573/272 |
C118A |
9Q-CGZ |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43573/272&distinct_entry=true |
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43740/289 |
DC-6B |
9J-AEP, N84AU |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=43740/289&distinct_entry=true |
| 43749/317 | DC-6B | SU-AMB | United Arab Airlines | |
| 43818/338 | DC-6A | TU-TBC | Air Afrique | |
| 43819/348 | DC-6A | TU-TBM | Air Afrique | |
| 43826/323 | DC-6B | TN-ABR, TR-LUA, 5U-BAM | Lina Congo, SOACO, Air Niger | |
| 43831/363 | DC-6B | TR-LTY | Air Gabon. ex OO-CTK from SABENA | |
| 43842/312 | DC-6B | TU-TCK | Air Afrique | |
| 44059/366 | DC-6B | 5N-ATD | ||
| 44063/403 | DC-6A | TU-TCI, TU-TXH | Air Afrique | |
| 44069/396 | DC-6A | 5N-AFT | Pan African Airlines | |
| 44088/418 | DC-6B | 9Q-CVM | Lukim Air Services | |
| 44089/422 | DC-6B | 9T-TLB | Zaire Air Force | |
| 44104/397 | DC-6B | SU-ANL | United Arab Airlines | |
| 44105/398 | DC-6B | 5N-APS | Africair, Pan african Airlines | |
| 44106/410 | DC-6B | SU-ANK | United Arab Airlines | |
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44119/465 |
N5119V |
Pan Am. Egypt Air. United
Arab Airlines. Instructional use at
Cairo International Airport in Egypt. |
http://www.airteamimages.com/douglas-dc-6_SU-ANJ_united-arab-airlines_194159.html | |
| 44168/431 | DC-6B | SU-AMA | United Arab Airlines | |
| 44170/439 | DC-6B | SU-AMC | United Arab Airlines | |
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44175/435 |
N515TY |
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http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44175/435&distinct_entry=true | |
| 44176/450 |
DC-6B |
TR-LQD | Air Gabon, Gabonair. ex Sabena OO-CTN | |
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44632/569 |
5Y-BRP |
Lokichogio (HKLK) Airport, Kenya.Lokichogio, also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44632/569&distinct_entry=true | |
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44635/573 |
5Y-SJP |
Lokichogio (HKLK) Airport, Kenya. Lokichogio, also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44635/573&distinct_entry=true | |
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44645/594 |
C-118A |
EL-WIL |
Scrapped at Rand Airport January 2004 |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44645/594&distinct_entry=true |
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44664/631 |
DC-6A |
53-3293 |
Kinshasa, wrecked |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44664/631&distinct_entry=true |
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44668/635 |
C-118A |
53-3297 |
Written off during landing accident, |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=44668/635&distinct_entry=true |
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44695/582 |
DC-6B |
TR-LOX, TR-LQE | Jean Claude Bergey, Gabonair. ex OO-SDQ , on Biafra airlift, registered 23/10/1969, pic in "shadows" | |
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44871/611 |
DC-6B | TU-TCG | Air Afrique | |
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44916/653 |
DC-6A | ET-AER | Ethiopian Airlines | |
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45065/693 |
DC-6B | 5U-AAE | Niger Government, Air Niger | |
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45066/696 |
DC-6B | 5U-AAF | Niger Government, Air Niger | |
| 45077/728 |
DC-6B |
9Q-CCM | Kinair, Transair Cargo | http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45077/728&distinct_entry=true |
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45107/749 |
DC-6B | TR-LXM | Air Gabon | |
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45108/770 |
DC-6B |
TR-LXN | Air Gabon. ex Armee de l'air | |
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45201/805 |
DC-6A |
SU-ANM, ZS-MTE,
9Q-CMC, 9Q-CJX |
Scrapped at Rand Airport January 2004 |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45201/805&distinct_entry=true |
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45319/907 |
DC-6B(F) |
SU-ANN, 9Q-CYO |
Services Air. Parked at |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45319/907&distinct_entry=true |
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45320/930 |
DC-6B | SU-ANO | United Arab Airlines | |
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45329/853 |
DC-6B |
ZS-MUL |
Restored to flying condition for a once off ferry flight on 4 December 2010 as ZS-MUL. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45329/853&distinct_entry=true |
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45373/862 |
DC-6A |
V5-NCB |
Wreck at Luzamba in Angola |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45373/862&distinct_entry=true |
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45478/962 |
DC-6B | TU-TCF | Air Afrique | |
| 45500/1023 | CF-CPC ET-AGY |
Ethiopian Airlines. At one stage was used for ground instruction at Addis Ababa. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45500/1023&distinct_entry=true | |
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45502/983 |
DC-6B | SU-ANP | United Arab Airlines | |
| 45521/1007 | DC-6A | 9Q-CMG | African Air Charter, Zaire Aero Services. | |
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45523/975 |
ET-T-25 (2),
ET-AAX |
Ethiopian Airlines |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45523&distinct_entry=true | |
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45524/994 |
ET-T-26 (2), ET-AAY |
Ethiopian Airlines |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45524/994&distinct_entry=true | |
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45533/1006 |
ET-T-27 (2),
ET-AAZ |
Ethiopian Airlines |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45533/1006&distinct_entry=true | |
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45563/1034 |
DC-6B |
V5-NCF |
With Red Bull in Austria |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45563/1034&distinct_entry=true |
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45564/1040 |
DC-6B |
V5-NCG |
Based at Eros Airport, Windhoek, Namibia. Unconfirmed it left Eros during May 2018. |
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=45564/1040&distinct_entry=true |