Aircraft Photo of M-434 | North American B-25J Mitchell | Netherlands East Indies - Air Force | AirHistory.net #791937
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:M-434
Aircraft Original Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Generic Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Version:North American B-25J Mitchell
C/n (msn):108-33348
Operator Titles:Netherlands East Indies - Air Force
Unit Markings:18 Sqn
Location
Location:In Flight
Country:Indonesia
 
Photo Date:1949
Photo from:Jonathan Verschuuren Collection
Photo ID: 791937
Photo Comment

This B-25J was delivered in 1944 as N5-234 (USAAF serial 44-29023) to the Netherlands East Indies Air Force at Batchelor airfield, near Darwin, Australia, from where it operated over Indonesia during Japanese occupation. After VJ Day, the aircraft moved to Palembang, Sumatra. It was later reserialled M-434 and is seen here carrying 18 Sqn markings which indicates that this picture was taken in 1949. In 1950, the aircraft was transferred to the Indonesian Air Force, retaining its serial. It is now preserved at the gate of Malang/Abdulrahman Saleh airfield. Photo Harm van Weerden (pilot 18Sqn 1949).

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