| 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: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | Broome Airport, WA (BME) -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Broome Airport, WA (BME/YBRM) |
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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