Registration / Serial:T-973
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):19690
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Air Force
City / Airport:Semarang - Achmad Yani (WAHS / SRG)Map
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:19 December 1948
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:308001Submit Correction
View count: 286
This picture was taken by my father at Semarang airfield, shortly before it was handed over to the Indonesian air force. It shows several Dutch C-47s, including T-973. This aircraft had already been handed over to the KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij - as PK-RCO in 1947, but went back to the Netherlands Air Force because it was needed in the Indonesian war of independence. This may well be the last picture of that aircraft wearing Dutch markings. It remained in Indonesia after hostilities ended and went to Garuda as PK-GDD.
Registration / Serial:T-973
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):19690
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Air Force
City / Airport:Semarang - Achmad Yani (WAHS / SRG)Map
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:19 December 1948
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Registration / Serial:T-973
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):19690
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Air Force
City / Airport:Semarang - Achmad Yani (WAHS / SRG)Map
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:19 December 1948
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact
Photo ID:308001Submit Correction
View count: 286
This picture was taken by my father at Semarang airfield, shortly before it was handed over to the Indonesian air force. It shows several Dutch C-47s, including T-973. This aircraft had already been handed over to the KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij - as PK-RCO in 1947, but went back to the Netherlands Air Force because it was needed in the Indonesian war of independence. This may well be the last picture of that aircraft wearing Dutch markings. It remained in Indonesia after hostilities ended and went to Garuda as PK-GDD.
Registration / Serial:T-973
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):19690
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Air Force
City / Airport:Semarang - Achmad Yani (WAHS / SRG)Map
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:19 December 1948
Photo by:Jonathan VerschuurenContact