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de Havilland DH.104 Dove
c/n 04009

DH.104 Dove c/n 04009 Registrations carried: ZS-BCB South African Airways ZS-CAG Directorate of Civil Aviation DCA

de Havilland DH.104 Dove c/n 04009 ZS-BCB South African Airways "Naval Hill" Photograph: South African Airways Museum Society archives South African Airways purchased two of these 8-seater British-built aircraft in 1946/7 for use on the proposed feeder services in South Africa. This scheme never materialised and the aircraft were briefly used on the route to Mozambique and for communications duties before being sold in 1952. In 1978 one of SAA’s original Doves, ZS-BCC "Katberg", c/n 04079, was re-acquired and restored to static display and is based at the SAA Museum Society complex at Rand Airport

de Havilland DH.104 Dove c/n 04009 ZS-CAG Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA) Photograph: John Miller