Aircraft Photo of PH-AKG | Douglas DC-2-115E | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij | AirHistory.net #760841
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PH-AKG
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-115E
C/n (msn):1335
Operator Titles:KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij
Aircraft Name:Gaai
Location
City / Airport:Amsterdam - SchipholMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHAM   IATA: AMS   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 April 1935 to 22 July 1935
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 760841
Photo Comment

Instead of the big Fokker F.XXXVI (F.36), KLM selected the Douglas DC-2. On the right is not the sole F.XXVI but a smaller F.XXII, PH-AJP Papegaai. The DC-2 Gaai was KLM's second example, after PH-AJU Uiver. It arrived in the port of Rotterdam in April 1935. Delivered through Fokker with 'line number' 13, it was already lost on 20 July in a crash in Switzerland which killed everyone on board. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

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