Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

Carnot Bay DC3 PK-AFV Pelikaan (1942/03/03)

Carnot Bay

Operated by KNILM — the Asian subsidiary of KLM, shot down by Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service fighter aircraft, resulting in the deaths of four passengers and the loss of diamonds worth an estimated A£150,000–300,000

Ship Built

Ship Lost

Gouped Region North-West

When Lost 1942/03/03

Where Lost Carnot Bay

Latitude -17.1156

Longitude 122.25355

Position Information GPS2010

Ship Details

Museum Reference

Unique Number 1618

Protected Not protected

Found Y

Inspected Y

Date Inspected 2009/06/11

Confidential N