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Originally posted by ericnuyt
Hi Stellan!
I dont know Krabbedijk. What source is that? A publication?
I have Dutch Govt/HQ documents of end january 1942 saying there were 90 overvalwagens by that time (a hundred were planned though, so Krabbedijk is not far off).
You missed Medan (5)
You missed: Samaranda II AFB (2)
Bali (2), Kendari (4)
Java: Batavia=Tjilitan AFB + Kemajoran AFB=6 + Tjepoe (2).
Total close to 90
Kind regards,
Nuyt
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Hello Nuyt,
Krabbedijk is (or was?) an ex-KNIL who wrote on the KNIL equipment in Stabelan Magazine for several years. (I have the Stabelan from nr 1 issued 31 Aug 1974 - with a few missing numbers).
(The founders of Stabelan, LtCol Kroesen and AAOI van Meel were aswell as Col Heshusius personal friends of mine).
Medan - didnīt know of but makes sense. M had a considerable Stadswacht.
2 on Bali seems OK.
By Kendari I mean K II. So 4 not 2. OK.
Samarina II - I must have written wrong. S II I know of.
The Tjilitan, Kemajoran and Tjeoe question seems difficult. Reason: How separate these fom Stadswacht Batavia?
My Father-in-law Jos Schreuder, SMI 7th Inf Btn was murdered as a POW 19th Jan 1942 at Tarakan, Borneo.
The KNIL doesnīt exist since 1950, but History lives and through History KNIL lives thanks to You Nyut and a few others. I am glad - I thought I was the only still interested in the KNIL.
I hope there will be no rain tomorrow