Neutrality markings applied on PH-ALO and PH-ARE Emoe. The third DC-3 is probably PH-ALR Reiger. These three were ferried to Naples, the new European terminus of KLM's East Indies route, on 31 October 1939, getting there via Copenhagen and eastern Germany. They joined six other DC-3s on the Indies route which never returned to Amsterdam after the outbreak of WWII on 3 September. These aircraft were put on the NEI register in June 1940. PH-ALO to PK-ALO, destroyed at Broome by Japanese aircraft on 3 March 1942. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Two new Fokker airliners for KLM, registered in July 1932. Though a conservative extrapolation of the Fokker F.VII-3m, the F.XVIII gave reliable and successful service. PH-AIP Pelikaan is on the left. Oehoe became PJ-AIS in the Dutch West Indies, renamed Oriol. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives