Accra Airport, Ghana, February 1946. Three RAF personnel and a Portuguese pilot in front of a TAP – Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, DC-3 Dakota. Founded in March 1945, TAP only began commercial flights in September 1946. The flight was probably a test-run for the Linha Aérea Imperial, a twelve-stop colonial service to Angola and Mozambique, which began in December 1946.
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Size: 3019px × 4731px
Location: Accra Airport, RAF, Gold Coast / Ghana
Photo credit: © DGB Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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