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Old 10th February 2018, 01:14
Stig Jarlevik Stig Jarlevik is offline
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Re: CW-21B 2-VIG-IV NEI

As far as I am concerned, the best book on ML/KNIL's aircraft and actions is Peter Boer and Aircraft of the Netherlands East Indies Army Air Corps in crisis and war times Feb 1937-June 1942. As far as I know he is a most respected and dedicated researcher/historian.

Unfortunately it also makes the warbirdsforum data sound rather rubbish.

He lists the loss of the stated aircraft as follows:

Res Tlt Dekker being shot down in CW-362 near Lembang on 21 Feb

No other combat losses that day.

Sgt H.M. Haye belly landed CW-364 on 19 Feb due to technical reasons, his undercarriage would not lower itself! No combat mission what so ever since he was on a test flight checking exactly what went wrong, the undercarriage!

Elt Boxman was hit by his own (well Allied at least) AA-fire on 3 March and he bailed out, severely burnt, of CW-363.

Finally the strafed aircraft may refer to CW-365 which was lost in a Japanese air raid on Andir 3 March. The details provided by Leendert are not detailed enough.

Even if Brian's details in his book are a bit dated by now, I confess I enjoyed reading it and I intend to keep it on my bookshelf....

Cheers
Stig
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