<p>C-130H-30 G-273 on a platform at Leeuwarden in July 1994. The old colours look so much better than new boring grey!
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The Hercules is named Ben Swagerman after a pilot who became a war hero during the five days that The Netherlands resisted the German invasion in May 1940. He (23 years old) piloted a Fokker T.V medium bomber and managed to shoot down a German Heinkel and destroy another five aircraft. He was shot down himself, but took off in another T.V the next night and was shot down again and killed.
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/109661044@N07">Rob Schleiffert</a> from Holland
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