Taken on charge by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 18 Mat 1963, struck off charge 15 Aug 1978. Sold to the USA, but noted in a technical school at Skavsta, Stockholm in Sweden in 1993. Later stored at the Flygvapenmuseum at Malmen Airport, Malmslätt (near Linköping) in Sweden. To the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in Dec 2001.

A very nice Grumman Tracker, taken on charge by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 18 Aug 1960 as an S-2A. Converted to S-2N, then US-2N and withdrawn from use on 1 Oct 1975. Officially struck off charge on 7 Jul 1976 and transferred to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum.

On long-term loan from the Royal Air Force Museum. This aircraft is widely quoted as c/n 5294, but that is its fuselage number. It is in fact Dornier Werknummer 3387 which was delivered to Spain in Sep 1944, becoming '65-7', then HR.5-7, HR.5-1 and finally HD.5-1. It was one of two examples bought in August 1976 by Dolph Overton and it was registered to him as N99225 in Feb 1977. The aircraft was never delivered to him, remaining in storage at Pollensa, Spain. Mr. Overton donated it to the Royal Air Force Museum in 1982, which in turn loaned it to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in Nov 1991.

This Seabat was taken on charge by the Royal Netherlands Navy on 26 Jun 1963. It was withdrawn from use 28 Jun 1972 and became an instructional airframe in Aug 1973. Later transferred to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum.

Taken on charge by the Royal Netherlands Navy as a P2V-7B on 8 Sep 1961, redesignated to P-2H in Sep 1962, and converted to SP-2H circa 1963. Struck off charge 13 Nov 1981 and transferred to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum a week later.

Yellow rescue bird. Ex Royal Air Force JN141. Photo by: Daan Noske / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

One of 48 STM trainers delivered to the Netherlands Navy in the East Indies. Some were fitted with floats. Contract date for this one was 15 August 1940, official delivery date 1 January 1941. Evacuated by ship from NEI to Australia in 1942 to become A50-8 in the RAAF. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

A squadron of nine W-As from De Mok naval air station, Texel Island, landed on the river Spaarne, reportedly because the engine of one of the aircraft was running hot. Photo from: Noord-Hollands Archief

Flying over East Java during the Dutch attempts to regain control. Following the Japanese conquest of the Netherlands East Indies, surviving and newly delivered Dutch Catalinas equipped No 321 (Dutch) Sqn, RAF, in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). This amphibious PBY-5A, original serial Y-75, entered service on 9 September 1942, but hit a rock on arrival at RAF China Bay and sank. It was salvaged and repaired as a transport aircraft. It served until 1952 when it was broken up at Biak, Netherlands New Guinea. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

One of the first Sea Furies for the Royal Netherlands Navy. A handover photograph of 10-1 (J-1; J is the tenth letter of the alphabet) shows the same location so this is assumed to be the factory airfield, Langley in Slough. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Prime Minister Willem Drees departing to the disaster area of the catastrophic North Sea flood of 1 February 1953. The first helicopter in the Netherlands, Jezebel had rescued many victims from rooftops and treetops. The Aviodrome museum in Lelystad has a Westland-built WS-51 painted as this historic machine. Photo by: Harry Pot / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Developed in 1928, the C.VIIw was a two-seat reconnaissance and training seaplane of which 30 examples were built. Jaap de Moor, whose father served at Morokrembangan, noted the protective bow pudding attached to each float 'by the sailing navy' as Jaap, himself a former naval pilot, put it. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection

Crossing the runway threshold to go to its parking spot on the south side. Compared with earlier photos, code "V" has been removed, the serial has been repositioned to the fin, and the Kon.Marine titles on the rear fuselage have been altered.

The first PV Harpoons transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy have just arrived at Valkenburg. This aircraft, 19-1 (19 for the letter S) also wears the last three of its US Navy serial, 37212. Photo by: Harry Pot / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

'Three seaplanes from De Mok air station landed on the Amstel River near the gasworks [former Zuidergasfabriek] this morning. It was not an emergency, the aeroplane pilots very calmly taxied to the Amstel Bridge before turning back. It was just a routine exercise. After cruising around for half an hour, they took off again near the Amstellaan [now Vrijheidslaan, bridge there built in 1932] and flew to Schellingwoude naval air station.' Photo taken towards the eastern bank at Oetgensstraat. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

In 1955 the Dutch bought 17 former US Navy PBM-5s for the defence of Netherlands New Guinea, which was claimed by Indonesia. The Mariner turned out to be a death trap - six of the large amphibians crashed with considerable loss of life. An Avenger is seen on the right here. Photo by: Wim van Rossem / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Queen's Day in the Dutch Caribbean, 1964. The carrier Karel Doorman was in port for maintenance and its S-2A Trackers from VSQ 4 were flying from Hato for a couple of weeks. 169, 166, and 146 are seen here. The fourth aircraft, 189, belongs to Curaçao-based VSQ 1 and is a Canadian-built CS-2A, lacking the characeristic ECM dome above the cockpit. Photo by: Hans Mol / Jaap de Moo r collection

Four Curaçao-based, Canadian-built Dutch Trackers seen on detachment at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, now Ceiba International. They are 187, 198, 194 and 180. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection

From 1926 the Wal was the mainstay of the Dutch navy's air fleet in the Netherlands East Indies, now Indonesia. The type was built under licence by Aviolanda. Seen here off the fishing village of Volendam, north of Amsterdam, D-21 was one of three to be flown - rather than shipped - to the Far East in April and May 1929. D-22 crashed in Baghdad. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection