Dutch Modelling and Aviation

In Memoriam

Klaas Willem Jonker
(Wilko)
† April 30, 2018

On Monday, April 30, 2018, Wilko Jonker passed away after a long illness at the age of 58. He leaves behind a wife and two children. The Dutch military aviation and plastic model building were his hobby and on this website he has shared all the knowledge he has gathered about it over the many years. His hobby was able to distract him from the raging disease in his body until the last week of his life. The contacts with other hobbyists were a major support for him.

Noorduyn Norseman - Dutch Noorduyn Norseman

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This aircraft was delivered to the USAAF on 13th June 1944. It was shipped to the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific on 30th July 1944.
After the war it was found in an aircraft dump on Biak Island, Indonesia and bought by Lt. Col. Meeuwenoord and Capt. Renard. The aircraft received the civil registration PK-SAM.
In 1948 it was transferred to the ML-KNIL (NEIAF = Netherlands East-Indies Air Force) were it was registered T-400.

In 1950, when NEIAF ceased to exist, the Norseman was handed over to the Indonesian Air Force, the AURI. Further history is not known.

 

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