Happy that my new Photoalbum is increasingly found https://buff.ly/2TGWDAJ
#122squadron From 1946 - 1950 stationed at 11VB Polonia Medan, Sumatra with P-51 fighterplanes, crew and portraits
#17varwa -
#KNIIL
#POWcampsJapan
#HellShips
#Contractpensions
#1945-1950
Medan airshow Piper Cub | SkepTjitjak Photoalbum https://buff.ly/31f4JVs
Piper L4J cub #17VARWA
The bushes in the background was pelopor territory, but they hunted there for wild pigs
“4 Piper Cubs arrived in Medan November 14 1946 for the 17 Squadron VARWA (C-Patrol) [5], next 12 P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft for 122 Squadron and a B-25 with a team from the technical service.” https://buff.ly/2CO4DKR
“Opladen resten van een L4J Pipercub van de op Sumatra gestationeerde 17 VARWA.” https://buff.ly/3hC8w5b
#palmboomdivisie #KNIL-ML #17varwa #medan #history #75jaar #remember
Kruitbosch - died with van Galen | SkepTjitjak Photoalbum https://buff.ly/2UUFAM3
graves of 3 crew 17VARWA who died | SkepTjitjak Photoalbum https://buff.ly/2YNAORR
From 'Gedenkboek Luchtvaart Medan', maart 1950 +
(Medan Aviation Memorial Book)
Names of crew on Sumatra
I’ve used #datawrapper to make an online searchable table which contains 246 names, rank role, tasks, remarks and units of crew who served on Sumatra between 1945 and 1950 https://buff.ly/2AO5z11
17 Squadron VARWA - 1946 / 1950 [en] https://buff.ly/2BYcswP
The database contains 91 names. 18 (20%) of them are KNIL, most likely pre-war and ex POW’s. 61 KL / ML (67%), 5 civilians (5%) and 7 are not known. One marked as an ovw-er
Piper L4J Cub Medan 1947 | 17 Squadron VARWA https://buff.ly/2zw3aHA
"Medan in early 1947 was a small fortress with the airport at the far edge and on the other side, like a long intestine, the road to Belawan on to the coast"
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