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De Haviland Dragon Rapide


This 1950s photograph shows the De Haviland Dragon Rapide that plied the outlying settlements of Northern Rhodesia. For a country with few roads and railways, planes were a critical part of the transport infrastructure. Picture courtesy of David Wilkin


A Doctor's Wife in Africa: Family Life on an Outstation in Northern Rhodesia Article


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