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Date: | Monday 21 February 1938 |
Time: | 23:10 |
Type: | Glenn Martin 139 WH-1 |
Owner/operator: | LA-KNIL |
Registration: | M-506 |
MSN: | 669 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pangkalan Jati NW of Batavia, West Java -
Indonesia
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Tjililitan |
Destination airport: | Tjililitan |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Aircraft got into a spin crashed and caught fire.Khow Khe Hien was killed in an aircraft crash with a military 139 bomber in February 1938
LA/KNIL (Luchtvaart Afdeling/Koninklijke Nederlands-Indische Leger, Aviation Department of the Royal Netherlands-Indies Army). Other casualties: A.G. Vermeulen-lt pilot / J. Hermanides-observer
/ D.B.P. van Riel-radio telegraphist / G.C. de Hondt-reporter.
Sources:
Le Fana de l'Aviation, n° 504 - November 2011
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=13787.0 Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad Febr 22, 1938 + Het Nieuws v.d. Dag voor Ned.-Indie same date.
Son of J. Hermanides
https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-m/vliegtuigen-m-martin-139 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Oct-2011 12:16 |
ThW |
Added |
16-Jan-2013 12:28 |
jehermanides |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
15-Dec-2014 20:32 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Phase] |
22-Jan-2019 17:54 |
Cobar |
Updated [Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
17-Apr-2019 18:15 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
27-May-2020 18:08 |
Cobar |
Updated [Registration] |
22-Aug-2021 14:45 |
Cobar |
Updated [Location, Narrative] |
08-Jun-2022 10:11 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator] |
11-Jun-2022 02:23 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
04-Jul-2023 04:28 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |