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 De Havilland DH.114 Heron

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Four engine 14 seat communications aircraft

 

On 12 May 1954 one Heron was obtained by the Belgian authorities for use by the Governor General of the then Belgian Congo; (Call Sign CGG: Congo Gouverneur Général). After the independence of Congo this machine was used by Katangeese Premier Moïse Tshombe before being destroyed.

De Havilland Heron

C/N

14055

OO-CGG

Date In

May 1954

Date Out

Jun 1960

History

(G-ANPV), OO-CGG (call sign OT-CFZ), KAT-01, KA-THA, destroyed by UN troops at Elisabethville in Aug 1961.

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