The Dakota Hunter

A tale of a lifelong passion for a WWII aircraft that changed the author’s life: “ It is almost like an adventure novel except it is true” ( Air Classics ). This book tells the story of a Dutch boy who grew up during the 1950s in postwar Borneo, where he had frequent encounters with an airplane, the Douglas DC-3, a.k.a. the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, of World War II fame. For a young boy living in a remote jungle community, the aircraft reached the proportions of a romantic icon as the essential l