F-BAXZ Douglas DC-3
(c/n 33236)
Fortunately this ex-Air
France DC-3 is wearing its rego on the nose. In this era many of
the French
African airlines were direct
subsidiaries of Air France as their liveries clearly showed
This C-47B-DK
was the former RAF Dakota IV, KN596. It was
civilianized for Air France in 1946 and seconded to
the fledgling Tunis Air in
1948. When Tunisia became independent it became TS-AXZ, whereupon
the airline became known as
Tunisair. This DC-3 was last seen derelict at Tunis in the 1970s.