| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | PJ-AIO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fokker F.XVIII |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fokker F.XVIII |
| Aircraft Version: | Fokker F.XVIII |
| C/n (msn): | 5308 |
| Operator Titles: | Netherlands - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Willemstad / Curaçao - HatoMap |
| Country: | Curaçao |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: TNCC IATA: CUR Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | June 1940 to December 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 344891 |
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With the introduction of the DC-2, KLM transferred two F.XVIII (F.18) aircraft to its West Indies Branch, PH-AIS Snip making a transatlantic flight and PH-AIO Oehoe being shipped. They became PJ-AIS and PJ-AIO and the latter was renamed Oriol. Between June 1940 and early 1942 Oriol was used for patrol flights against the German submarine threat. Unfortunately both F.XVIIIs were scrapped after their retirement from KLM duty in 1946, although Snip's nose survives in a Curaçao museum. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie This photo was added on 16 March 2021, and has since been viewed 1121 times. |