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De Havilland DH.104 Dove Twin engined 8 seat communications aircraft On In order to replace the obsolete Airspeed Oxford and Consul communications aircraft of the Force Pulique/Weermacht twelve 8-seat De Havilland DH.104 Doves were acquired from 1949. Up to the independence of Congo these machines were successfully used by the Force Pulique/Weermacht after which most of them had a much moved post colonial career in the hands of the local forces. |
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Serial | c/n | Date In | Date Out | History |
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D-11 (Dove 2) | 04080 | Feb 1950 | Jul 1960 | OO-CGG, D-11/OT-CFK, KAT-11 (Katanga), written off in Aug 1961 |
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D-12 (Dove 1B) | 04054 | Jun 1950 | Oct 1958 | G-AJZU, OO-CFC, D-12 , Fatal crash on 7 Oct 1958 at Nialamgira (Congo) |
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D-14 (Dove 1B) | 04367 | Oct 1952 | Jul 1960 | D-14/OT-CFM, K-14, KAT-14 (Katanga), K-14 (FAC) destroyed at Elisabethville in Aug 1961. |
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D-15 (Dove 1B) | 04442 | Oct 1953 | Jul 1960 | D-15/OT-CFN, Kat-15, KA-T15 (Katanga), KA-TDA (Katanga), 9Q-COB (Congo Government), possibly to FAC |
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D-17 (Dove 1B) | 04447 | Feb 1954 | Jul 1960 | D-17/OT-CFQ, KAT-17 (Katanga), w/o Aug 61, Elisabethville. |
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D-20 (Dove 1 > 5) | 04103 | May 1956 | Jul 1960 | OO-CFE (cartografy), D-20/OT-CFT, K-20 (Katanga), destroyed in accident at Manone on 31 Jan 1961. |
| - | D-21 (Dove 5) | 04506 | Nov 1959 | Jul 1960 | D-21, Abandoned engineless at Ndjili, Used by FAC (?) |
| - | D-22 (Dove 5) | 04507 | Nov 1959 | Jul 1960 | D-22, KAT-22, KA-T22 (Katanga), to FAC, withdrawn from use at Angola 1963. |
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