Aircraft Photo of PH-AEG | Fokker F.VIII | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij | AirHistory.net #532853
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PH-AEG
Aircraft Original Type:Fokker F.VIII
Aircraft Generic Type:Fokker F.VIII
Aircraft Version:Fokker F.VIII
C/n (msn):5044
Operator Titles:KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Location
City / Airport:Grave (closed)Map
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:15 July 1933
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 532853
Photo Comment

Sightseeing flights, or maiden flights, were still important to serious airlines like KLM in the 1930s not only to recruit passengers, but also simply for the revenue. This riverside location at Keent was occasionally used as an airfield by Dutch military planes from 1928. Keent was a little-used satellite field for Volkel during the German occupation but suddenly became crucial to the Allies for a few days as B.82 Grave during the Battle of Arnhem. Photo from: Ton Cruijsen collection / Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum

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