Aircraft Photo of PK-AFK | Douglas DC-2-112 | KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways | AirHistory.net #324515
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"PK-AFK"
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-112
C/n (msn):1288
Operator Titles:KNILM - Royal Netherlands Indies Airways
Location
City / Area:Nieuw-Vennep / Nederlands Transport Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Netherlands
Collection:Nederlands Transport Museum
 
Photo Date:28 July 2018
Photo by:Beau
Photo ID: 324515
Photo Comment

Delivered to Eastern Air Lines as NC13738 in 1934. Joined the RAAF in 1941 as A30-14, and withdrawn from use in Jan 1947 and stored. Forty years later, in Feb 1987, it was bought by the Dutch Dakota Association. Still carrying faded RAAF markings the DC-2 was transported to the Netherlands, for intended restoration as the famous PH-AJU "Uiver". This project never got off the ground and it remained in storage at various locations in the Netherlands until delivered to the Nederlands Transport Museum on 31 May 2018. They restored it into these KNILM colours with fake registration PK-AFK. The real PK-AFK was DC-2-115G c/n 1375.

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