F-OAFI     Curtiss C-46                                                    (c/n 26810)

                                                          
                             
                                      This woeful image came from a postcard, whilst the interesting shot below from Air Maroc
                                      shows a line up of three C-46s and four C-47s in the early 1950s.  Air Maroc received
                                      permission to begin services in 1949, and the fledgling airline initially served Paris, Geneva
                                      and Frankfort from Casablanca.  In 1953 Air Maroc merged with Air Atlas (another
                                      Moroccan airline) to form Compagnie Cherifienne de Transports Aeriens  (C.G.T.A.).
                                     After Morocco gained its independence this was changed to Royal Air Maroc, and that
                                     airline is still operating today.