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Douglas DC-3, C-47 and C-53 in Mozambique

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DETA
DETA - Direcção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos
DETA was established in August 1936
DETA became LAM in 1975 Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique Linhas Aereas de Mocambique
Some DC-3s operated by DETA were:


C/N

Registration

Name

Comments

11698

CR-ABJ

Libombos

11763

CR-ABK

Namuli

Namúli

12760

CR-ABQ

Lupata

13018

CR-AFR

C/N 13018

FAP 6167

C-47A-20-DK

6167

13018

42-108917

KG-535 RAF

6836 SAAF

VP-YPB

CR-AFR

Crashed Mueda, Mozambique 1967

13140

CR-AGC

Milange

C/N 13140

FAP 6172 Montepuez, wreck. Aircraft is yellow and blue
C47-A-20-DK

43-93249

CR-AGC

CS-TDG

FAP 6172

DETA

Milange

wfu Mozambique 1975

19393

CR-AGB

Gorongosa



9948 CR-AHB SAC Servicos de Aeronautica Civil Wil

C/N 9948

CR-AHB

SDAC Serviços de Aeronáutica Civil

Photograph: Will Blunt


0000 DETA salisbury 1959 brian robbins

DC-3 DETA

Salisbury 1959

Photograph: Brian Robbins


11698  CR-ABJ john heggblom

C/N 11698

CR-ABJ

Named Limbobos

Lourenco Marques 1955

Lourenço Marques

Lourenzo Marques

Photograph: Connie Heggblom via John Heggblom

 

11763  CR-ABK john Heggblom

C/N 11763

CR-ABK

Photograph: Connie Heggblom via John Heggblom

 

12760  CR-ABQ john heggblom

C/N 12760

CR-ABQ

Lourenco Marques 1956

Lourenço Marques

Photograph: Connie Heggblom via John Heggblom


DC-3 survivors in Mozambique
Update from Brendan Odell, received 6 August 2009
Here is what I know to be in existance (most are wrecks though)
FAP is acronymn for Portuguese Air Force

C/N 16965/34225
ZS-LJI
C-47TP
Impounded at Beira Airport on 23 July 1998.
Belived stored (hangared) at Beira, Aero Club of Mozambique.

C/N 25579
FAP 6162, Lichinga, wreck
C-47B-1-DK
43-48318
written off 08/01/1974
ex-USAF
Crashed Vila Cabral Airport (renamed Lichinga Airport), Mozambique

C/N 13140
FAP 6172 Montepuez, wreck. Aicraft is yellow and blue
C47-A-20-DK
43-93249
CR-AGC
CS-TDG
FAP 6172
DETA Milange
wfu Mozambique 1975

C/N ?????
FAP ???? Tete, wreck
C/N 13018
FAP 6167 (I am not sure, but I believe this wreck may still exist)
C-47A-20-DK
6167
13018
42-108917
KG-535 RAF
6836 SAAF
VP-YPB
CR-AFR
Crashed Mueda, Mozambique 1967


I believe all the Daks at Maputo are gone now.

Best Regards
Brendan Odell
6 August 2009
Interocean operated DC-3s were

C/N 33257 C9-ASQ (ZS-KIV) "Little Annie"
C/N 1984 C9-ATG (ZS-PAA) "Shirley"
C/N 9410 C9-ATH


1984 C9-ATG  Bob Reinaker

C/N 1984
C9-ATG Interocean
Aircraft was named Shirley
Photograph: Robert Bob Reinaker

 

1984 c9-atg phillip evans interocean
C/N 1984
C9-ATG Interocean
Photograph: Phillip Evans



Scan Transportes Aéreos - STASA operated DC-3s were
C/N 25471 C9-STD written off at Caia, north of Beira, on the Zambezi 23 November 1991
C/N 19006 C9-STE written off 22 November 1993
C/N 12205 C9-STF Preserved at Ratanga Junction, Milnerton in Cape Town Click for Google Image of DC-3 at Ratanga Junction


The seven pictures featured below depict a typical Scan Air emergency relief flight in Mozambique during March 1989.
The pictures are courtesy of Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography


The Scan Air team in Gorongosa.

Left to right: Brian Norden, John Murphy, Oscar Hermansson

Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography


C/N 1984

DC-3 Dakota at the airport of Chimoio, Mozambique. March 1989

Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography

C9-ATG

C/N 1984

Starting the Pratt & Whitney port engine Chimoio, Mozambique. March 1989

Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography

C9-ATG

C/N 1984

DC-3 Dakota Shirley ready for take-off from Chimoio airport. March 1989

Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography

C9-ATG


C/N 1984
C9-ATG
DC-3 Dakota on its way to Gorongosa with emergency supplies. March 1989
Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography


C/N 1984
C9-ATG

Approaching the landing strip of Casa Banana, Gorongosa, Mozambique. March 1989

Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography

 

C/N 1984
C9-ATG
Off loading emergency supplies Casa Banana, Gorongosa, Mozambique. March 1989
Photograph: Ernst Schade Ernst Schade Photography


C/N 33257
C9-ASQ Interocean
Aircraft was named Little Annie
Photograph: Robert Bob Reinaker
C/N 33257
C9-ASQ Interocean
Aircraft was named Little Annie
Photograph: Robert Bob Reinaker
C/N 1984
C9-ATG Interocean
Aircraft was named Shirley
Photograph: Robert Bob Reinaker
C/N 1984
C9-ATG Interocean
Photograph: Phillip Evans

C/N 12205

C9-STF Scan Transportes Aéreos - STASA

Preserved at Ratanga Junction, Milnerton in Cape Town Click for Google Image of DC-3 at Ratanga Junction

Photograph: Phillip Evans



C/N 12205

C9-STF Scan Transportes Aéreos - STASA

Rand Airport 1996

Preserved at Ratanga Junction, Milnerton in Cape Town Click for Google Image of DC-3 at Ratanga Junction

Photograph: Thomas Ingendorn

 
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