Revolutionary Air Force of Indonesia

Revolutionary Air Force of Indonesia
Angkatan Udara Revolusioner
Active1958
CountryPermesta
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Garrison/HQMapanget Airfield
EngagementsPermesta rebellion
Commanders
CommanderMuda Petit Muharto
Indonesian soldiers standing next to destroyed AUREV plane

The Revolutionary Air Force (Indonesian: Angkatan Udara Revolusioner; AUREV), was the air force of the short lived secessionist movement of Permesta in North Sulawesi.

List of aircraft

  • B-26 invaders:[1]
    • B-26B 44-34268, delivered on 12 April 1958, fate unknown
    • B-26B 44-34376, delivered on 12 April 1958, survived and used for Project Farm Gate in 1963
    • B-26B 44-34690, delivered on 12 April 1958, fate unknown
    • B-26B 44-35221, delivered on 17 May 1958, probably aircraft in which Allen Pope was shot down
    • B-26B 44-35441, delivered on 17 May 1958, probably aircraft damaged and abandoned at Mapengat
    • B-26B ? delivered on 18 May 1958, fate unknown
    • B-26C 44-34643, delivered on 26 May 1958, as spare parts source, probably abandoned in Indonesia
    • B-26C 44-35968, delivered on 26 May 1958, as spare parts source, probably abandoned in Indonesia
  • F-51D Mustangs:[1]
    • 44-73514, ‘3514’ or ‘I’?
    • 44-74030, ‘II’
    • 44-73562, ‘III’
    • 44-72917
    • 45-11369
    • 4511590
  • C-45 Expeditors:[2]
    • Two planes purchased from Taiwan, destroyed on the ground on 15 May 1958
  • PBY Catalinas:
    • PBY-5A 08032 (MSN 851), destroyed at Mapanget Airfield, Manada on 13 May 1958 by Indonesian forces.
    • PBY-5A 08114 (MSN 933), returned from Menado, Sulawesi to the Philippines on June 21, 1958.[2]
  • C-47 Dakota:
    • Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) "T-450", destroyed on the ground on 18 May 1958[3]

Notable pilots

References