Thankyou for showing us this excellent collection, well worth the visit and makes me regret not making the time to go and visit last time I had a stop over in Jakarta.They have a B25 and A26 but no B24 and only 1 Japanese item is that correct?

I cannot comment on the Jakarta aviation museum, as I have never been – I’ve just passed through Jakarta. I don’t think they will have a B24, as I am pretty sure the Indonesian AF never operated them. The Japanese types they have were captured after WWII.

Yogyakarta isn’t a place to really stop over en-route to somewhere else – it tends to be a destination for those wanting to see the largest Buddist temple in SE Asia (Borobudur) and the Hindu temple complex at Prambanan – both World Heritage sites. I only go there, as that is where the other half is from.

It is interesting to see how much they look after the aircraft, bearing in mind Indonesia isn’t too far away from being a third world country….

Indoneisian Aircraft Museum – Yogyakarta – Part 5

Some more of the Badger and some others, including a Zero…

The rear fuselage of the ‘crashed’ Dak is a replica of a Dak VT-CLA that was shot down by the Dutch Airforce just outside Yogyakarta on the 29th July 1947. This aircraft was trying to take in medical supplies and relief aid from Singapore into Yogyakarta during the armed struggle to obtain full independence from the Dutch. The aircraft was owned by the State Government of Orissa in India. I think the replica is actually fuselage of a scrapped Dak. I have seen a list that says there is a 2nd Dak at the museum, but not seen it – unless it is somewhere else on the base….

There is a diorama and models of the Dak getting shot down by the Dutch Kittyhawks, including piles of cotton wool representing smoke coming out of the Dak in the museum, but was behind glass and in poor light, so I did not get a decent photo due to reflections on the glass.

5 out of the 6 on the Dak were killed, the pilot giving his name to Yokyakarta’s international airport, which was previously known as Maguwo Landing Ground.

Hope you have enjoyed the photos!

Scotty

Indonesian Aircraft Museum – Yogyakarta Part 3

Some more images…

Quite sad seeing the internals of the Hillier 360 damaged, but at least the airframe is safely indoors….

…. to be continued

Now that is something I wouldn’t expect to see in Indonesia!:)

No, it’s a pity there isn’t – I spend a lot of time over there…. However, there are some nice ales made in Singapore.

But Indonesian lager isn’t so bad (Bintang)

Will post photos of museum when I get time…

Scotty

Well done Eric!

It took me most of the morning, and much searching on the internet before I posted on the forum. Then of course the next thing I looked at revealed the answer…

15 mins, not too bad!

It turns out that the Indonesian AF only had 2 of these machines, so pretty rare.

Cheers, Scotty