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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

 
 
 
 
 
Interocean operated DC-3s were:
 

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



Reg Type c/n Reg history
C9ATG DC-3A 197 1984 C9-ATG
C9-ATH C-47A-DL 9410 C9-ATH, 3D-ATH
N47FE C-47A-DL 19536 N47FE, ZS-KHN
N9985Q C-47B-DK 27215 N9985Q
C9-ASQ C-47B-DK 33257 C9-ASQ, ZS-KIV
ZS-KEX DC-3A-197B 2008 ZS-KEX

 
 
 
 

FAP is acronymn for Portuguese Air Force 

C/N 19818
43-15352
FAP 6158 Portuguese Air Force

FP-501

Damaged at Tete Matunda Airport (Chingozi Airport) in Mozambique when strafed by a Rhodesian Hawker Hunter

Wreck at Tete at GPS -16.108485, 33.635665

Visible in Google Earth Satellite Image of 16 August 2015

The identity of the above aircraft is unconfirmed.

 

 

C/N 34225
C/N 16965/34225

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

Information submitted by Brendan Odell
6 August 2009

 

 

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

 
Information submitted by Brendan Odell
6 August 2009

 

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

Information submitted by Brendan Odell
6 August 2009

 

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

Information submitted by Brendan Odell
6 August 2009

 

 

0000 DETA salisbury 1959 brian robbins Unidentified

DC-3 DETA
DETA Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos

 Salisbury 1959

Photograph: Brian Robbins

 

9948 CR-AHB SAC Servicos de Aeronautica Civil Wil

C/N 9948

CR-AHB

SDAC Serviços de Aeronáutica Civil

Photograph: Will Blunt

 

11698  CR-ABJ john heggblom

C/N 11698

CR-ABJ
DETA Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos

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
DETA Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos

Photograph: Connie Heggblom via John Heggblom

 

12760 CR-ABQ DETA Brendan Odell IMG_0001

C/N 12760

CR-ABQ
DETA Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos

Named Lupata

Photograph: Brendan Odell

12760  CR-ABQ john heggblom

C/N 12760

CR-ABQ

DETA Direccao de Exploracao dos Transportes Aereos Direcção de Exploração dos Transportes Aéreos

Lourenco Marques (Lourenço Marques) 1956

Photograph: Connie Heggblom via John Heggblom

 

Scan Transportes Aéreos - STASA operated DC-3s were
 

C/N 25471 C9-STD written off at Caia, (Sena?) north of Beira, on the Zambezi 23 (25?) November 1991
C/N 19006 C9-STE written off at Chemba, 22 November 1993 (2 killed)
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 1984
C9-ATG Interocean
Aircraft was named Shirley
Photograph: Robert Bob Reinaker


C/N 1984
C9-ATG Interocean
Photograph: Phillip Evans


 
9410 C9-ATH Interocean Lanseria May 1991 Petr Popelar -02
C/N 9410
C9-ATH Interocean
Lanseria, May 1991
Photograph: Petr Popelar collection.

9410 C9-ATH Interocean Lanseria May 1991 Petr Popelar -01
C/N 9410
C9-ATH Interocean
Lanseria, May 1991
Photograph: Petr Popelar collection.


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 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

 

 

 

 

C9-ATG

DC-3A 197

1984

C9-ATG

C9-ATH

C-47A-DL

9410

C9-ATH, 3D-ATH

N47FE

C-47A-DL

19536

N47FE, ZS-KHN

N9985Q

C-47B-DK

27215

N9985Q

C9-ASQ

C-47B-DK

33257

C9-ASQ, ZS-KIV

ZS-KEX

DC-3A-197B

2008

ZS-KEX

 
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