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Air Mail Services
Aéromaritime Wartime Service
The cessation of the Elders Colonial Airways service in July 1939 cut Sierra Leone off from any direct service
to any destination. An arrangement was made with Aéromaritime for them to call at Freetown and thus
provide a link with the Air France service to Europe. This service was in place from September 1939 until the
fall of France in June 1940.
8 March 1940 - Freetown to Johannesburg, South Africa.
Routed via Aéromaritime to Accra, Elders Colonial Airways from Accra to Khartoum and then Imperial to
South Africa. Rate 1s 8d per ½ oz. Unusually no indication of censorship. Detailed itinerary:
Aéromaritime Freetown (9 Mar) to Accra (10 Mar)
Elders Colonial Airways Accra (16 Mar) to Lagos (16 Mar) Service TL50 Operated by DH86 Danae
Imperial Airways Lagos (16 Mar) to Khartoum (18 Mar) Service LK216 Operated by Dione
Imperial Airways Khartoum (20 Mar) to Durban (22 Mar) Service DS256 Operated by S23 Coriolanes to
Kisumu and then Cameronian.
Examples of mail that went on the northbound Aéromaritime service in this period can be found in the censorship section.
