Picture was taken by my father (Hendrik Prins) who served within the Navy in Nieuw Guinea till 1959. In August 1956 it was withdrawn from use after encountering an incident.

Aircraft squadron VSQ 7 flew Fireflies in then Netherlands New Guinea as late as December 1961. 005 was 16-33 (P-33) in the serial system used until 1959. The Dutch navy ran Boeroekoe (Borokoe) airfield, close to Mokmer (WABB) but separate. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

This Catalina was delivered to the Dutch navy in 1943 as Y-79 and was later reserialled P-79. It served in Ceylon and in Indonesia until 1950. On 10 January 1953 it was delivered after intensive overhaul with its new serial P-217 to the Dutch naval air base on the island of Biak in Dutch New Guinea. There, it was withdrawn from use on 12 August 1957 and placed at the gate. This picture was taken in 1962, when Dutch New Guinea was handed over to Indonesia.

Reserialled 101. Broken up January 1960