CR-AAV  Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra                                  (c/n  1507)

                               

                                       This photo is from the Mario Neto Pereira collection.  Probably taken at Lourenço Marques
                                       circa 1940 when the aircraft was brand new since it carries no logo or titling.  CR-AAV was
                                       one of three Super Electras flown by DETA, the Mozambique colony's national airline. 
                                       It was destroyed in take-off crash at Quelimane Airport, Mozambique on 23 February 1944.
                                       A crew of four and nine passengers were killed.