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Aircraft History Built by Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America (Fokker-America) in New Jersey during 1927. This company was a subsidiary of Fokker Aircraft Corporation in the Netherlands. Constructors Number 436. Registered in the United States as NC8046. During 1929, disassembled and shipped to Australia and registered to MacRobertson-Miller Aviation as VH-UJT. In 1934, photographed at Adelaide Airfield. During 1939, sold to Catholic Mission then disassembled and shipped to New Guinea. Operated by the Catholic Mission of the Holy Ghost (Alexishafen Catholic Mission) operating from Alexishafen Airfield (Danip) near Alexishafen On August 6, 1939 took off piloted by Willy Schafhause with four passengers aboard. While landing at Alexishafen Airfield (Danip), crashed killing everyone aboard and the plane was was written off as a total loss. References NLA Fokker 4 Universal passenger transport monoplane VH-UJT on a field, Adelaide, c1934 Australian Heritage "St. Paulus: A Plane of Many Missions" by Studdy-Clift page 19-20 [PDF] Contribute
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