Yes, that sounds like bakelite!
More detail from Bill Gunston’s book:
“Furniture-maker Henk Pander took over a defunct factory in August 1924. Formed Nederlandse Fabriek van Vliegtuigen H. Pander & Zonen . . .”
The MacRobertson Race contender that crashed in 1934 was the Postjäger long range racer monoplane (3 x 420 hp engines).