Detail of photo 582623. PH-TBD is a 1937 DC-3, ex PH-ARB, which survived the war in England as G-AGBD. It was sold to Skyways as G-AGBD later in 1946. PH-TAT was the first DC-4-1009 delivered to KLM in March 1946. It is in a livery only worn by it and PH-TAP, with large orange Royal Dutch Airlines titles. Behind it are two C-54 Skymasters in Netherlands Government Air Transport markings. Photo by: Luuk Vrind / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Schiphol one year after the war, with an armada of British Austin K2/Y ambulances. The shiny 1939 DC-3 of Swissair, HB-IRE, contrasts with the untitled olive drab KLM C-47A, PH-TBH, ex 42-100731. It became MM61766 in 1950 and is preserved at Vigna di Valle. On the far right are several C-54s, including NL-307. See crop for DC-3 PH-TBD and DC-4 PH-TAT. There are also two DH.89s in the picture. Photo by: Luuk Vrind / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Extended nose with windows of the converted F-17 Felix. Photo by: Luuk Vrind / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Damaged over Berlin, B-17F 42-3490 headed for Sweden and landed in Malmö on 21 June 1944. One of seven B-17s converted to F-17 Felix transports by Saab, SE-BAN was used by SILA, a company merged into SAS in 1948. Withdrawn from use in October 1948 and scrapped in 1950. The reason of this visit to Schiphol is not certain, but other photos show children in winter clothing who were possibly given a holiday in Sweden. Photo by: Luuk Vrind / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)