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C-10_1973-09-08_MUC_1290_NK

 

Photo taken by Norbert Kröpfl, scan kindly provided by Stephan Barth for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1973-09-08 (8 September 1973)

 

C-10

Fokker F-27-300M Troopship

10160

Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) (Royal Netherlands Air Force, RNLAF)

 

This was one of three KLu Fokker F-27-300M Troopships noted at the airport that day; the other two, C-4 and C-9, wore camouflage.

 

The Fokker F27 was the workhorse of the Dutch Air Force for almost 36 years. C-1, C-2 and C-3 were F27-100 ‘Friendships’, the other nine were F27-300M ‘Troopships’ with a larger cargo door. (Source: Rob Schleiffert on flickr)

 

Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Paul Seymour and Aad van der Voet:

Test reg PH-FBY in 1960 before delivery to the Netherlands Air Force as C-10 in 1961. Withdrawn from use 15 Oct 1993 and stored at Eindhoven AB. Flown to Soesterberg AB 10 Feb 1994 and stored. Trucked to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum (MLM) 2 Feb 1997 and placed on display in demo markings. Trucked to a technical school in Hoofddorp, Netherlands 10 Jun 2010 for restoration by students, returned to Soesterberg 4 Oct 2013 for storage. Painted in camo markings in Sep 2014 and now on display as such in the new Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM).

 

Registration details for this airframe:

rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=118280

 

 

C-10 performing at Greenham Common in June 1979 (in camouflage):

www.flickr.com/photos/flickrway/52473348075

 

C-10 at FRA in May 1981 (in camouflage):

www.airhistory.net/photo/637288/C-10

 

C-10 at Lossiemouth, Scotland (EGQS/LMO) in September 1992 (all white United Nations scheme):

www.airhistory.net/photo/334955/C-10

 

C-10 in special display colours at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete in May 1993:

www.flickr.com/photos/133813370@N04/52494265091

 

C-10 performing at Cambrai, France, in May 1993:

www.flickr.com/photos/77175657@N00/44201904601

 

C-10 performing at Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, in July 1993:

www.flickr.com/photos/flickrway/8957532215

 

C-10 at Soesterberg National Military Museum in July 2017:

www.flickr.com/photos/56388143@N06/51174963435

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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Uploaded on May 20, 2025
Taken on September 8, 1973