Features | South African Aviation Foundation Museum - Part 10

Korean War 60th Anniversary

December 28, 2010

Dean Wingrin conducted a series of interviews for the Anniversary: A veteran of the Berlin Airlift, Joe flew the P-51D Mustang during the Korean War. Joe was the only SAAF pilot to reach 175 combat missions, achieved during two combat tours. He was also the only recipient to receive the Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu…
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Pelican 16

September 2, 2010

On the morning of July 13th 1994, the headline news read “SAAF Plane Down in Desert”. Avro Shackleton, number 1716 was one of eight four-engined maritime patrol aircraft commissioned by the South African Air Force in 1957. 1993 saw an ambitious plan to restore one of these decommissioned aircraft and turn it into a flying…
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