In service from 1929 until 1942. Photo from: Leiden University Libraries

Surabaya was the main naval base in the Netherlands East Indies, and in fact in the Dutch kingdom as a whole. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection

The aircraft facing the Fokker is an unidentified Dornier Wal. Photo from W. Muntinga

Developed in 1928, the C.VIIw was a two-seat reconnaissance and training seaplane of which 30 examples were built. Jaap de Moor, whose father served at Morokrembangan, noted the protective bow pudding attached to each float 'by the sailing navy' as Jaap, himself a former naval pilot, put it. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection

Slow but seaworthy, the T.IV floatplane reconnaissance bomber was quite popular in the Dutch Naval Air Service (MLD) in the East Indies, and the updated T.IVa model entered service in 1936. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection

Used by the Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea Petroleum Maatschappij (NNGPM). Crashed on take-off at Manokwari on 22 December 1938 and sank. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection

The C.XIw was designed as a shipboard reconnaissance aircraft and 15 machines of this type were built for the Dutch navy. This was the prototype, first flown on 20 July 1935. Photo from: Jaap de Moor collection