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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-104 Dove/Devon
    Latest Model:Dove 6
    Construction Number:04079
    Last Civil Registration:G-AWFM
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Dove 6 cn 04079 cr G-A...
    Latest Owner or Location:South African Airways Museum Society, Rand Airport, Johannesburg, Gauteng

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a Dove 6.

    From 5 December 1947 to 14 December 1947

    Transported by air.
    UK-Paris-Dijon-Geneva-Rome-Malta-Tripoli-El Adem-Wadi Halfa-Khartoum-Juba-Kisumu-Tabora-Ndola-Salisbury-Palmietfontein.

    1948

    To South African Airways with new c/r ZS-BCC.
    Operated with markings: Katberg

    31 January 1952

    To Northern Rhodesia Air Services with new c/r VP-RCL.

    27 February 1955

    To Northern Rhodesia Air Services with new c/r VP-YLX.

    15 February 1968

    To Mines Air Services with new c/r 9J-RHX.

    24 April 1968

    To Fairey Surveys, White Waltham, UK with new c/r G-AWFM (DH104 DOVE 6, 04079).

    8 July 1972


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Dove 6 of Fairey Surveys Limited as seen in the Summer of 1972 at Glasgow

    11 June 1975

    Last flight.
    Ferried from White Waltham to Biggin Hill - This was to be its last flight, having completed 9518 total airframe hours.

    July 1975

    To Fairflight Charters, Biggin Hill Airport keeping c/r G-AWFM.
    Used as a source of spares.

    July 1975

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    15 August 1977


    Photographer: Chris England
    Notes: 1977 photo at Biggin Hill, UK

    From 16 October 1978 to 18 October 1978

    Transported by ground.
    The Dove was disassembled and moved to Salisbury Hall, the home of the Mosquito Museum, for storage.

    1979

    Transported by air.
    Transported dis-assembled from London Heathrow to Johannesburg.

    Restoration started.
    By the Apprentices in the Training school in Johannesburg.

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: ZS-BCC
    In South African Airways colours.

    Based at South African Airways Museum Society, Rand Airport, Johannesburg, Gauteng.
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    10 November 2015


    Photographer: Mike Ward
    Notes: 2015 photo taken at Rand Airport in Germiston, Johannesburg
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