PK1VX 1939 Java

The operator was the Dutch pilot Gerson van Messel, 31 May 1902 - 24 Jan. 2000, who served in the KLM and in the 1930's in the KNILM (Royal Dutch Indian Airways).
Since July 1938 until the Japanese invasion we has regularly flying for KNILM between Batavia (Jakarta) and Sydney. The QSL card shows a Douglas DC-2 which had seats for 14 passengers.
At the age of 97 and a few months before his death he made his last flight in a DC-2 from London to Amsterdam. He was also holder of the call-sign PA0PVX.

('Fiets' was his nickname and is the Dutch word for 'bicycle')

QSL + Info Norbert Maibaum Collection