SAAF Museum (AFB Swartkop) to receive a Boeing 707

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A 60 Squadron Boeing 707 (1419) will be flown from AFB Waterkloof to
Swartkop on Friday 5 October 2007 at 11:00 for delivery to the SAAF Museum.

The aircraft is one of only two Boeing 707's that remained in service with
60 Squadron at the time. The other 707 (1415) was flown to AFB Makhado
earlier in the week. The remaining three aircraft have been withdrawn from
use some time ago, with one (an ex SAA aircraft) apparently earmarked for
the SAA Museum Society at Rand.

The Museum is open on Friday to members of the public and visitors.

Source : AvCom
 
One of the ELINT / IFR Boeing 707s that the SAAF used.

BTW : WWII - a 60 Sqdn SAAF PR Mossie was the first Allied aircraft that photographed the Auschwitz death camps.
 
An update - the 707 delivery to the SAAF Museum has been postponed.

PS - Any former SAAF pilots / crew on MyADSL ?
 
@Alanf85

Sadly it's not that well known that a SAAF PR Mossie took the first aerial photographs of the Auschwitz death camps.

The SAAF PR Mosquito took off from Foggia , Italy IIRC.
 
blueghost_39 said:
@Alanf85

Sadly it's not that well known that a SAAF PR Mossie took the first aerial photographs of the Auschwitz death camps.

The SAAF PR Mosquito took off from Foggia , Italy IIRC.
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I never knew :o.

I do know however that Mosquitoes were all wooden planes :cool:

:D
 
Another interesting SAAF Mosquito incident was the encounter with a Me-262.

Despite incurring serious damage (30mm vs. balsa wood :eek:) the SAAF mossie made it back home in one piece.

Pilot was the late Captain "Pi" Pienaar DSO, DFC.

Brilliant book on the SAAF:

Bouwer, J. S. and Louw, M.N. The SAAF at war 1940-1984
Melville, South Africa
Chris Van Rensburg Publications ISBN 0 86846 0567
 
Where have the retired 747 fleet gone? I recall watching a video of one of these giants of SAA landing in a field somewhere.
 
Fudzy said:
Where have the retired 747 fleet gone? I recall watching a video of one of these giants of SAA landing in a field somewhere.
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From what I can recall the SAAF never operated the 747.

The SAA Museum has a retired 747 accessible for the public - Rand Airport IIRC :D
 
blueghost_39 said:
Another interesting SAAF Mosquito incident was the encounter with a Me-262.

Despite incurring serious damage (30mm vs. balsa wood :eek:) the SAAF mossie made it back home in one piece.

Pilot was the late Captain "Pi" Pienaar DSO, DFC.

Brilliant book on the SAAF:

Bouwer, J. S. and Louw, M.N. The SAAF at war 1940-1984
Melville, South Africa
Chris Van Rensburg Publications ISBN 0 86846 0567
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:eek:

Speed was the Mosquitos only defence. Of course that counted for nothing against a 262 :D
 
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