1947 Yogyakarta Dakota incident
The 1947 Yogyakarta Dakota incident occurred when a Douglas C-47 Skytrain was carrying medical supplies to the de facto republican government of Indonesia at Yogyakarta which crashed on 29 July 1947.
The tail of VT-CLA, after the crash
A replica of the aircraft's tail, which survived the crash
Memorial to the crash, in Ngoto
Agustinus Adisutjipto was born in Salatiga, Central Java, and raised as a Roman Catholic. He was the first pilot of the Indonesian Air Force, whose plane was shot down by the Dutch during the Indonesian National Revolution. He was posthumously declared a National Hero of Indonesia in 1974.
Agustinus Adisutjipto
Grave of Agustinus Adisutjipto