Originally Posted by
WHBM
Incidentally, it was a "proper" Dakota, ie a onetime-RAF WW2 one, built 1944, probably just happened to be in Africa in 1945-6 when demobbed and EAA were looking for aircraft.
Its RAF WW2 "service" lasted exactly a week - delivered at the end of September 1944 and transferred to BOAC as G-AGKI a week later.
To EAA 5 years later, in November 1949, named "Kongwa Pioneer".
Edit: crossed with Mike's post.