USAAF
5th AF
374th TCG
21st TCS
Destroyed August 17, 1942
Aircraft History
Built by Douglas constructors number 428. Sold to KLM and registered as PH-AXE. Next to KNILM and registered as PK-ADB.
Escaped Java and was turned over to Allied Directorate of Air Transport (ADAT), and assigned Australian registration VH-CXA, flying supplies from Australia to New Guinea.
Later, it was adimistratively assigned USAAF serial number 44-83230.
Mission History
Destroyed on ground during a Japanese attack on 7-Mile Drome on August 17, 1942.
References
Thanks to Joseph Baugher Serial Numbers for aircraft history
Thanks to William Bartsch for additional information
Allied Air Transport Operations SWPA in WWII, Volume 1, page 329
