George Lodewijk Schorer

George Lodewijk Schorer (19 August 1876 – 4 June 1955) was a Dutch officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy who later became a member of the Netherlands Aviation Safety Board.

Schorer was a member of the noble and the son of Jonkheer Mr. George Lodewijk Schorer, president of the district court in Haarlem, and Maria Jacoba van der Lek de Clercq.

World War I

Leading up to World War I, Schorer served as a major 3rd class in 1895 and later became an electrical engineer in 1903 (having studied at the University of Liège, as the Polytechnic School in Delft had not yet developed its electrical engineering program).

Schorer later served as:

The technical report of the Schorer committee confirmed the findings of Van der Maas. In addition to this technical analysis, the committee also prepared a separate report addressing responsibility for the accident; however, this document was not made public at the time.

Nearly fifty years after the crash, in January 1984, the Dutch newspaper Het Vrije Volk obtained a copy of the report and published it. The report stated that KLM under Albert Plesman and minister Jacob Kalff were to be blamed and responsible for the accident. Given the unmade adjustements and the known dangers, KLM took too many risks in undertaking this flight and it was irresponsible to allow passengers on it.