At the time of upload preserved at the Nationaal Militair Museum in the Netherlands.

Summer Offensive 2025

This is ex Danish Air Force K-688, painted in fake Dutch markings.

This replica was built at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island in New York. It is not on public view but stored in the museum's Storage Building 9.

Preserved at National Militair Museum, Soesterberg. Photo by A. le Nobel.

This B-25J was delivered in 1944 as N5-239 (USAAF serial 44-29032) to the Netherlands East Indies Air Force at Batchelor airfield, near Darwin, Australia, from where it operated over Indonesia during Japanese occupation. After VJ Day, the aircraft moved to Palembang, Sumatra. It was later reserialled M-439 and is seen here carrying 18 Sqn markings which indicates that this picture was taken in 1949. In 1950, the aircraft was transferred to the Indonesian Air Force, retaining its serial. It is now preserved in the Air Force museum at Yogjakarta as "M-443". Photo Harm van Weerden (pilot 18Sqn 1949)

This B-25J was delivered in 1944 as N5-234 (USAAF serial 44-29023) to the Netherlands East Indies Air Force at Batchelor airfield, near Darwin, Australia, from where it operated over Indonesia during Japanese occupation. After VJ Day, the aircraft moved to Palembang, Sumatra. It was later reserialled M-434 and is seen here carrying 18 Sqn markings which indicates that this picture was taken in 1949. In 1950, the aircraft was transferred to the Indonesian Air Force, retaining its serial. It is now preserved at the gate of Malang/Abdulrahman Saleh airfield. Photo Harm van Weerden (pilot 18Sqn 1949).

This B-25J was delivered in 1944 as N5-233 (USAAF serial 44-29022) to the Netherlands East Indies Air Force at Batchelor airfield, near Darwin, Australia, from where it operated over Indonesia during Japanese occupation. After VJ Day, the aircraft moved to Palembang, Sumatra. It was later reserialled M-433 and is seen here carrying 18 Sqn markings which indicates that this picture was taken in 1949. By the end of that year, Indonesia became independent and the aircraft was transferred to the Indonesian Air Force, retaining its serial. Photo Harm van Weerden (pilot 18Sqn 1949)

Part of the reserve collection

FK.51 intermediate trainers of NEI army aviation over Java, wearing orange triangle markings introduced in late 1939. Serials are K-102, K-104, K-105, K-106, K-107, K-110, K-113, K-115 and K-120. The numbers were upped by 100 during 1940, so K-105 is the same airframe as K-5. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This C-47 does not have any Dutch service history, in fact being a USAAF machine that was sold to the R Norwegian AF in 1950 and transferred to the R Danish AF in 1956, latterly serialled K-688. On moving to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in the early 1980s, it was painted in a smart camouflage scheme with white top to represent R Netherlands AF C-47 X-05. In 2012 it was repainted as seen here, strangely with a serial that was allocated to Indonesian AF C-47 c/n 13344 from 1950. Perhaps that aircraft flew in these marks with the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army AF previously.

This aircraft actually served with the NEIAF as L2-38. It was on display at the MLM as L2-100 as used at Merauke in New Guinea by 120 Sqn in 1944.

Avro 504K trainers at the Soekasmikin (Sukasmikin) airfield, east of Bandung. The colonial army air arm closed the boggy flying field in 1923, moving to Andir. Photo from: Leiden University Libraries

There were two Mitchells that carried serial N5-131. The first was ferried across the Pacific by the RAF Ferry Command, arriving on 18 April 1942. The USAAF immediately took it and sent it to Papua New Guinea, where it was flying USAAF missions out of Port Moresby. This photo however shows the second aircraft to carry N5-131. It is ex USAAF 41-12916 (often incorrectly quoted as ex 41-12936), and it served with the NEI-AF as N5-131 from Aug 1942 until Jul 1947, when it was reserialled M-331. Photo from: Townsville City Library

This aircraft actually served with the NEIAF as L2-38. It was on display at the MLM as L2-100 as used at Merauke in New Guinea by 120 Sqn in 1944.

In the foreground is a Hudson III for Britain, AE532 (c/n 414-3887). The Lodestar was delivered to the NEI and evacuated to Australia in 1942. It was allocated USAAF serial 42-68353. Operated by Australian National Airways for war work when destroyed by Japanese air raid at Port Moresby on 17 August 1942.

Dutch 'Glenn Martins' over Malaya with, interestingly, one of only a few RAAF Wirraways sent there. The bombers are Martin 166, or 139 WH3, models with a single long 'glass house' canopy. M-556 was captured by the Japanese at Singapore in February 1942. On the right is M-551.

Built 1941. Ex L2-38, PJ-AKD, BX238, RNethAF T2, SE-BXR, OH-ETA, LN-BFS, OY-AOV. Cancelled from the Danish register 13 June 1966 as WFU. Depicted here in the markings of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force. Later displayed in the Nationaal Militair Museum at Soesterberg.