Dutch Dakota?
Just got done reading an old book that is no longer in print about the Japanese attacks on the town of Broome.
It is all fact & is about the Japanese attacks on that West Australian town & the downing of this Dakota as well as a bunch of other side stories. This book reads like an Indiana Jones movie. You have a former WWI Russian fighter pilot who was an ace back then,who is in command of the K.N.I.L.M Dakota during WWII & his transportation of refugees & dutch military personal & diamonds.
One of the Japanese Zero pilots that is shot down at the airport at Broome was actually involved in the raid at Pearl Harbour. In fact I think they could make a movie out of it. I have included just a few pages of the book.
I wanted to add all of the portion of a Dutch crewman of the Dakota but it is to long. So I only added the portion that I think makes this aircraft acceptable for inclusion to AHII.
Personlay I think this aircraft should qualify even though it was a commercial DC-3 that was commandeered & repainted by the Dutch military to evacuate Dutch nationals out of Java.
A nice bit of audio on this link.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2010/04/15/2873952.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PK-AFVhttp://home.st.net.au/~dunn/wa02.htmhttp://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/dc-3/pk-afv.htmlhttp://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/dc-3/pk-afv/index.html






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