Aircraft Photo of PK-ADB | Douglas DC-5-511 | KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways | AirHistory.net #117597
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PK-ADB
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-5
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-5 (C-110/R3D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-5-511
C/n (msn):428
Operator Titles:KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
Location
City / Airport:CloncurryMap
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YCCY   IATA: CNJ   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:April 1941 to December 1941
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID: 117597
Photo Comment

PK-ADB refuelling at Cloncurry, a regular stop on KNILM's Batavia (Jakarta) to Sydney service. When World War II spread to Asia in December 1941, -ADB escaped to Australia in March 1942 and was taken into Allied military service. Destroyed in an air raid at Port Moresby on August 17, 1942. Photo from the Dannecker Collection

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