| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | X-18 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Dakota |
| C/n (msn): | 25367/13922 |
| Operator Titles: | Netherlands - Air Force |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Biak - Frans KaisiepoMap |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: WABB IATA: BIK Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 26 September 1962 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 482082 |
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X-18 served in Netherlands New Guinea shortly before the Dutch pulled out. According to the official RNLAF history X-18 was VH-SBC (c/n 11971), and VH-SBH (c/n 25367/13922) was supposedly X-19. However, Australian sources say that VH-SBH was X-18, and that VH-SBC was only hired by the Dutch and probably never given a Dutch serial. Certainly this aircraft does not have cargo doors, like VH-SBH, whereas there is photographic proof that VH-SBC always kept its cargo doors. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie This photo was added on 30 July 2022, and has since been viewed 695 times. |