Aircraft Photo of PH-ALE | Douglas DC-2-115L | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	PH-ALE
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas DC-2-115L
C/n (msn):	1584
Operator Titles:	KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Aircraft Name:	Edelvalk

Location
City / Airport:	Amsterdam - SchipholMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EHAM IATA: AMS Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	27 December 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	831602

Photo Comment
Difficult times, and not just because of a severe winter. Wearing neutrality markings, PH-ALE is seen departing for Lisbon via Shoreham. She was based in Portugal to provide logistic support for KLM's DC-3 fleet on the East Indies line, which had Napels in Italy as its European terminus after the outbreak of WWII. PH-ALE was the only DC-2 to join the KLM operation in England, as G-AGBH. Having survived the war, she was sold to Southampton Air Services, only to crash at Malta - Luqa in October 1946. Photo by: Harry Sagers / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 2 August 2025, and has since been viewed 163 times.

Photo Comment

Difficult times, and not just because of a severe winter. Wearing neutrality markings, PH-ALE is seen departing for Lisbon via Shoreham. She was based in Portugal to provide logistic support for KLM's DC-3 fleet on the East Indies line, which had Napels in Italy as its European terminus after the outbreak of WWII. PH-ALE was the only DC-2 to join the KLM operation in England, as G-AGBH. Having survived the war, she was sold to Southampton Air Services, only to crash at Malta - Luqa in October 1946. Photo by: Harry Sagers / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

This photo was added on 2 August 2025, and has since been viewed 163 times.

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