Aircraft Photo of VT-CLA | Douglas C-47... Skytrain | AirHistory.net #545413
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"VT-CLA"
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47... Skytrain
C/n (msn):Not known
Location
City / Airport:Yogyakarta - AdisutjiptoMap
Country:Indonesia
Airport Codes:ICAO: WAHH   IATA: JOG   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Museum Dirgantara Mandala
 
Photo Date:6 September 1996
Photo by:Marcel Colthoff (via Joop de Groot)
Photo ID: 545413
Photo Comment

This tail section of unknown origin is on display to represent the C-47 that was chartered by the de facto Indonesian government for carrying medical supplies during the National Revolution. On 29 July 1947 the airplane was shot down by a ML-KNIL (Royal Dutch Indies Army) Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter. The aircraft went into a dive, first crashing into a tree then into paddy fields in Ngoto, Bantul. Dutch authorities claimed that they had not been informed of the flight and that the aircraft carried no Red Cross markings. The surviving rear fuselage, shown in the photo on the wall, was all that remained in one piece, but has since been lost.

This photo is copyright © Marcel Colthoff, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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