Grumman Goose PK-AKA en AKB

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Another Grumman G-21A Goose which flew for "Mijnbouw Maatschappij Nederlands Nieuw-Guinea" in the periode 1938-1941 was the PK-AES. I've never seen seen a photo of that plane.

[eric7325]

VH-AAZ

VH-AAY

en een mooie site over de Grumman Goose : www.goosecentral.web.officelive.com/default.aspx

[Jos Heyman]

Here is what I got about the pre-war Grumman Gooses:
The BPM and NNGPM operated Grumman Goose aircraft before and after the war.
The pre-war fleet consisted of PK-AER, PK-AES, PK-AKA, PK-AKB and PK-AKR. In addition the registrations PK-AKC and PK-AKD had been reserved for Grumman Goose aircraft but were not taken up.
PK-AER entered service in July 1938 and was previously G-AFCH. It was written off at Sedani on 26 January 1942 although an alternative reference source quotes 26 December 1941 as the date it was destroyed by enemy action at LakeTondano. PK-AES was acquired on 20 June 1939 and was previously registered as VH-AAY. This aircraft was written off on 24 January 1942 at Koepang.
The first PK-AKA was acquired in July 1939. It was leased to the KNILM in November 1941 and was eventually destroyed at Andir on 8 March 1942. PK-AKB, which was acquired in August 1939, was written off at Dobu on 2 February 1942. Finally, PK-AKR, which was previously registered as VH-AAZ was acquired in November 1937 and was later returned to VH-AAZ.
There is also evidence of a Goose captured by the Japanese as Andir.

And here is PK_AES at Andir on 18 Nov 1938, 73 years + 1 day ago

[Andre1967]

Prachtige foto van die PK-AES. Is er iemand die me iets meer over de kleuren kan vertellen waarin deze is geschilderd ? Een kennis van mij wil hem in model na bouwen.