02/28/2011. Remarks by Alfred Damen: "This postcard shows Schiphol airport during a time when security was not the most important issue around air travel. In those days you could have a cup of coffee while watching people board their plane and wave them off.

Acquired by KLM as a DC-3 replacement, this particular plane was initially a Model 240-0. It was delivered on August 31, 1948, registered as PH-TEC and named Albert Cuyp. Just a year later, October 1, 1949, the type designation was changed to Model 240-4. Reregistered as PH-CEC on March 2, 1954, the aircraft was withdrawn from use in late 1957 and removed from the Dutch register on December 15, 1957.

As was standard for a number of years after WW II, the KLM trade name The Flying Dutchman was carried on the left hand side of the fuselage, while the Dutch translation, De Vliegende Hollander, was carried on the right hand side of the fuselage, showing PH-TEC during a pre-delivery flight in 1948.

After KLM service it was successively operated in Germany by Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH as D-BEPE from November 27, 1957, in the USA by Houston Aviation Products as N13648 from November 3, 1961, by Ozark Airlines as N2400Z from July 2, 1962, by Mohawk Airlines from December 23, 1964, and by Mohawk Airlines Delaware as N8327C from January 27, 1965. Subsequently it was operated by several companies and private owners. Its ultimate fate is unknown."