![]() ![]() After 18 months, WG354 took to the air again on the 11th of September 1981 wearing its original Rhodesian colours and piloted by Commandant Ralph Hayton, OC 35 Squadron. ![]() ![]() Restoration to flying condition began in 1980 by 35 Squadron. It was collected by the Museum in July 1980. It was sold to Owenair in Cape Town in 1953 and registered ZS-DIU.Ĭlifford Harris, a well-known construction engineer, acquired ZS-DIU and subsequently donated the aircraft to the SAAF Museum in 1979. The South African Air Force Museum's Chipmunk was built in the United Kingdom and delivered to Southern Rhodesia in 1951 serving with the Rhodesian Air Training Group (RATG) at 4 Flying Training School, Heany, near Bulawayo. WG352 10/53 to Johannesburg Light Plane Club (JLPC) as ZS-DIN. WG334 1954 to Benoni Aero Club as ZS-DJV. WG333 d/d, to South Africa as ZS-IGA, to ZS-ULJ, Krugersdorp, South Africa WG317 d/d, to ZS-IZU 08/1974 Scottburgh, South Africa WG315 d/d, to ZS-VYU, Rand, South Africa As at January 2012 the aircraft is stored and is repairable, finances permitting. Engine stopped, probably due to carburettor icing, on approach to What’s Landing (FAWG) private airfield, near East London, Eastern Cape, resulting in a forced landing in thick bush. WG307 d/d, to ZS-BTO, East London, South Africa. WG282 d/d, to South Africa as ZS-DIT, w/o WG277 d/d, sold, S/Africa as ZS-DIX, w/o WD393 d/d, sold at No.394 MU Heany, Rhodesia, to ZS-DIS, South Africa WD394 d/d, sold No.394 MU Heany, Rhodesia, to ZS-DIL, w/o when the aircraft struck the ground during a slow roll over at Nelspruit, South Africa WD289 Sold at Newton, to ZU-BHI in Rand, South Africa WB754 Sold, to ZU-BJZ, Lanseria, South Africa WB738 d/d, to G-BCHS, to South Africa 02/1976 as ZS-JJR WB717 d/d, to South Africa ZS-CCV, to Rhodesia VP-WDV, w/o WB581 d/d, sold to G-BBNB, to Brakpan, South Africa as ZS-LJU ![]()
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