ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 270449
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| Date: | Monday 26 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  De Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide |
| Owner/operator: | KNILM |
| Registration: | PK-AKV |
| MSN: | 6292 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Koepang, Timor -
 Indonesia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Penfui Airfield, Koepang |
Aircraft operated by KNILM in Dutch East Indies. Leased by Servicos Aereas da Colonia Portuguesa da Timor to operate scheduled air service between Dili and Koepang from 1939/1940, through to January 1942.
Damaged by Japanese fighters which strafed the Penfui airfield at Koepang. PK-AKV patched up and flown to the KNILM base at Andir, Java. The aircraft was found to have more damage than first found, and was scrapped at Andir on either 19 Feb 1942 or 8 Mar 1942 before the Japanese arrived.
Sources:
1. www.air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH89.pdf
2. Robert Lee, 2000, Crisis In a Backwater 1941 in Portuguese Timor, in Lusotopia 2000 pp.175-189
3. The Aviation Historian, Issue 33, October 2020 pp.6-7
4. www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?27841-de-Havilland-Dragon-Rapide-destroyed-Jan-26th-1942-Penfui-Koepang-Timor
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2021 00:00 | Ron Averes | Added |
| 13-Dec-2021 02:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Jan-2022 04:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Jan-2022 04:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jun-2022 04:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 02-Jul-2023 19:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Location, Departure airport]] |
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