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| Keywords: Do 24K-1 X-19 MLD 1941.jpg en The Royal Netherlands Navy Marineluchtvaartdienst MLD Dornier Do 24K-1 X-19 on patrol in the Netherland East Indies 1941 X-19 was built as Dornier serial 779 On 31 January 1939 it was flown from Germany to Papendrecht NL and put into service as X-19 On 11 February it was shipped to the Netherlands East Indies on board of the cargo ship Kota Baroe On 1 February 1941 it was then assigned to MLD squadron GVT 4 On 10 December it was flown from Morokrembangen to Sambo to perform reconnaissanse missions over the South China Sea On 25 December 1941 it got into an aireal battle with Japanese aircraft near the Anamas Islands eventually the Japanese aircraft fled Finally it crashed during a landing on a Sawah at Menarie on 25 January 1942 <br> Original text The plane is of German design but natives of the Dutch East Indies have been trained to operate it with deadly efficiency It's a twelve-ton trimotor Dornier bomber belonging to the Royal Netherlands Navy the greater part of which is still fighting the Nazis and their Axis partners from the Netherlands East Indies Do 24K-1 X-19 van de Marineluchtvaartdienst MLD op patrouille in Nederlands-Indië De X-19 had het serienummer 779 Op 31januari 1939 vloog het van Duitsland naar Papendrecht en kwam in dienst als X19 Op 10 december werd het van Mokokrembangen naar Sambo gevlogen om verkenningstaken uit te voeren in de Zuid-Chinese zee Op 25 december 1941 kwam het bij de Anamas eilanden tot een luchtgevecht met de Japanse luchtmacht Uiteindelijk stortte het neer tijdens een landing op 25 januari 1942 Mokokrembangen was een vliegveld op het eiland Java was gelegen aan de noordoost kust even ten westen van Soerabaja LOC-image fsa 8b13125 1941 MLD PD-USGov Dornier Do 24 Aircraft of the Netherlands Naval Aviation Service Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force | ||||
