Foto's van vooroorlogse H-, PH-, PK- en PJ-toestellen die ook nog thuis lagen.

[Classic]

Foto 178.
PK-AFC 'Abel Tasman'. Fokker F.VIIa/3m.
Originally registered H-NAFC in 20 August 1928. Registered PK-AFC on 1 July 1929 with KNILM (Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij, Royal Netherlands Indies Airlines), named "Abel Tasman". The aircraft was involved in an accident on 14 Feb 1932 in Langgan, Sumatra. Later sold to Netherlands East Indies Army, with serial number FTA-2, later re-serialled T-902. (History supplied by D. Eyre Sept. 07).

Groet, Ruud.

Aircraft named 'Abel Tasman' for the first postal flight from Batavia to Sydney, Australia, 12/27 May 1931.

The accident took place a year earlier, 14 February 1931! (Source: Het Vaderland, 16 februari 1931)

Re-serialled FT902 (Peter Boer, Aircraft of the Netherlands East Indies Army Air Corps in crisis and war times, February 1937-June 1942, page 54).

Mvg,
Ronald