Aircraft Photo of PH-ALE | Douglas DC-2-115L | KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	PH-ALE
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas DC-2-115L
C/n (msn):	1584
Operator Titles:	KLM - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

Location
City / Airport:	Amsterdam - SchipholMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EHAM IATA: AMS Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	April 1936 to December 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	761191

Photo Comment
More spectators than passengers at Schiphol in the 1930s. You could go on a 'rondleiding' (guided tour). When WWII came to Holland in May 1940, Edelvalk (lanner falcon) was based in Portugal, apparently to provide support for the DC-3s serving KLM's Far East route, of which the European terminus was then Naples. She was the only DC-2 to join the KLM operation in England, becoming G-AGBH. Having survived the war, she was sold to Southampton Air Services, only to crash at Malta - Luqa in October 1946. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives This photo was added on 22 December 2024, and has since been viewed 127 times.

Photo Comment

More spectators than passengers at Schiphol in the 1930s. You could go on a 'rondleiding' (guided tour). When WWII came to Holland in May 1940, Edelvalk (lanner falcon) was based in Portugal, apparently to provide support for the DC-3s serving KLM's Far East route, of which the European terminus was then Naples. She was the only DC-2 to join the KLM operation in England, becoming G-AGBH. Having survived the war, she was sold to Southampton Air Services, only to crash at Malta - Luqa in October 1946. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

This photo was added on 22 December 2024, and has since been viewed 127 times.

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