Arado Ar.79 D-EHCR at Surabaya, January 1939. The nose of Miles M.2 Hawk PK-SAL is also visible.
Miles Hawk PK-SAL was delivered with a Cirrus engine to Sourabaya in 12.33. B.A.Clarke assures us that the 'Colonial Hawk' was outwardly identical, apart from extra cooling louvres, with the standard Hawk - but it was strengthened internally and designed for minimum maintenance. In May or June 1936 PK-SAL was fitted with a Gipsy I from Pander E PK-SAJ, writes Harm Hazewinkel, and this no doubt accounts for the different exhaust arrangement.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Arado Ar.79 - ГерманияGermany - 1938Miles Hawk / M.2 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

We had thought of painting out the registration on this one to make it just a little (?) more difficult. However, it certainly is not a new form of DDT, in fact the vegetation seems to have won this encounter which happened on 17.12.38 and apparently amused the local inhabitants (unless of course they are the crew ?).

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Dragon / D.H.84 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932