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Happy that my new Photoalbum is increasingly found buff.ly/2TGWDAJ

From 1946 - 1950 stationed at 11VB Polonia Medan, Sumatra with P-51 fighterplanes, crew and portraits
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#1945-1950

#122squadron #17VARWA #KNIIL #POWcampsJapan #hellships #contractpensions

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Medan airshow Piper Cub | SkepTjitjak Photoalbum buff.ly/31f4JVs

Piper L4J cub
The bushes in the background was pelopor territory, but they hunted there for wild pigs

#17VARWA

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17 Squadron VARWA - 1946 / 1950 [en]: First version written on 2020-06-13 -ML S. Gerardu (122Sqn) Almost all names came from the living memory of the 122sqn mechanic S.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my… bit.ly/30Fu8WE

#knil #17VARWA #122sqn #medan #history

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“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.” buff.ly/2CO4DKR

-ML

#knil #17VARWA #medan #history #75jaar #remember

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“Opladen resten van een L4J Pipercub van de op Sumatra gestationeerde 17 VARWA.” buff.ly/3hC8w5b

-ML

#knil #17VARWA #medan #history #75jaar #remember #palmboomdivisie

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Kruitbosch - died with van Galen | SkepTjitjak Photoalbum buff.ly/2UUFAM3

buff.ly/3ddQVxb

-ML

#knil #17VARWA #medan #history #75jaar #remember

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graves of 3 crew 17VARWA who died | SkepTjitjak Photoalbum buff.ly/2YNAORR

From 'Gedenkboek Luchtvaart Medan', maart 1950 +
(Medan Aviation Memorial Book)

-ML

#knil #17VARWA #history #medan #75jaar #remember

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Names of crew on Sumatra
I’ve used 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 buff.ly/2AO5z11

-ML

#datawrapper #75jaar #remember #names #knil #121sqn #122sqn #17VARWA

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17 Squadron VARWA - 1946 / 1950 [en] 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

-ML

#knil #17VARWA #history #75jaar #remember

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Piper L4J Cub Medan 1947 | 17 Squadron VARWA 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"

-ML

#knil #17VARWA #medan #history #75jaar #remember

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“17VARWA was founded in 1946 on july the 15th and manned with ex-prisoners of war from the pre-war -KNIL, supplemented by public transport officers from LSK” buff.ly/2BYcswP

-ML

#ml #knil #17VARWA #medan #history #75jaar #remember

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“Among the 40 portraits found by S. Gerardu of 122 Squadron, 3 of them turned out to be crew. Most likely based at 11VB Polonia in Medan. An extra reason to dive into the squadrons” buff.ly/2Z8Xz13

-ML

#knil #medan #history #75jaar #17VARWA #remember

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