A J Torr Investments Ltd. DHC-1 was first aircraft designed at Canadian subsidiary of British planemaker de Havilland. First flight on May 22th 1946 at Downview airport near Toronto, where 217 examples were built. Aditionaly 1000 frames were built at UK by parent company de Havilland and 66 in Portugal.
Sn 04079 was delivered to SAA in 1947, later changed owners few times. Last flight performed on 11.06.1975 at Biggin Hill (England). Flown back to South Africa on board B747 ZS-SAM in 1979 and on display at Rand airport now.