Preserved SAAF C-47 serial request

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Preserved SAAF C-47 serial request

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Hi all,

Last month while visiting South Africa I went to Aquila private game reserve. Really nice park, worth a visit.
Driving to the north west away from the park on the R46 towards Ceres I came across this C-47TP, near a farm (on private land);
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Numbers on SAAF C-47's are very difficult to read, so I could not make anything out of this. So I was hoping someone else knows more on the serial of this.

Thanks in advance.

Br Erik
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Hi Erik ,

Ik weet wel welke het niet zijn............................ maar daar heb je niets aan !

De Galaxy op Cape Town International had je nog wel van mij tegoed. Dit was de 00455

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Aan Rob : Kijk uit de leerling gaat de meester overtreffen ?
Aan Erik : Het allerlaatste stukje uitzoeken laat ik aan jou over.
BOKRIVER ( rivier (sa)) Military Training Facility, South Africa.
http://www.saairforce.co.za/news-and-ev ... g-facility
http://www.saairforce.co.za/news-and-ev ... es-by-road
..........deze laatste met foto onderweg.
Bevestiging : www.dc-3.co.za
6864 / 6884

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More pictures : http://www.dc-3.co.za/dc-3-individual-a ... 12064.html
and http://www.dc-3.co.za/dc-3-individual-a ... 12580.html
Photo's : LJ Vosloo / Air Pic

PS : Bokrivier is west of Verkeerdevlei Dam.
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Hi Jan,

Thanks for the information!!!!
I will do some further investigation and hopefully that will lead me to the correct one.

Rob, thanks for the C-5.

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It looks like 64 if you compare the pictures. The 84 have different coloured doors in the aft fuselage.
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Please Hans stay off the booze this time of the day. Erik's picture is RH side of plane.

Gr Jan ( sober ).
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Uitslag al bekend, 64 of 84 ? ( Leuke puzzel voor december )
Jammer dat de Turbo Dakota's al meer dan twee jaar daar rond hangen, kan natuurlijk eea veranderen en vervagen.
Paar opmerkingen bij foto's 2008 : 64 heeft minder duidelijk 35SQN insigne / 64 heeft iets zwartere neus /
84 plaats te zien boven SQN insigne waar "Spike" heeft gestaan / 84 geen gaten achter in romp onder roer.
Helaas heeft de 84 de kleine zwarte extra's boven op de romp niet meer. ( Airliners.net )
Heb je evt nog meer foto's gemaakt ?
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Moved to a more appropriate forum.

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Anybody have the GPS location of this bird?
Thanks

Mvg
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