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Date: | Tuesday 3 March 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3-194B |
Owner/operator: | KNILM-Kon. Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij |
Registration: | PK-ALO |
MSN: | 1937 |
Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Broome Airport, WA (BME) -
Australia
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Broome Airport, WA (BME/YBRM) |
Narrative:The DC-3 was fired at by Japanese A6M fighters during landing. The pilot (E.E. Hulsebos) landed safely but the fighters attacked again and the DC-3 caught fire and burned.
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photo (c) Stadsarchief Amsterdam; Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport (AMS); ; (publicdomain)
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