Sold in Australia as VH-UYA. Engine reliability problems resulted in the operator cancelling the lease. The aircraft was shipped back Germany in August where it became D-AREY. The photo shows it arriving in Australia at the end of its three-week delivery flight. An engine failed just before landing resulting in it swinging off the runway. D-AGEY became bogged and a tractor and manpower was used to extract it. It took about five weeks before a replacement engine arrived from Germany by sea. Photo from: Library and Archives NT

Opening of Sola. The German aviation industry was well represented. This Ju 86 was Swissair's HB-IXI, traded in for HB-IXE after a mishap. D-AVEF became NF-SD in the Luftwaffe and flew until March 1945. Interesting details of the Junkers flaps and of the Ju 86's retractable landing gear, said to have been an afterthought. You'll have to fill in the rumble of the diesel engines! Photo by: Asbjørn Barlaup / Nasjonalbiblioteket (Norway)

Hangar 1 from the other side with two brand new Ju 86 airliners, Feldberg and D-ALOZ Zugspitze. Further back is Ju 160 D-UHIL Kreuzfuchs and, to the right, two DH.86A Express aircraft of Imperial Airways, G-ADUI and G-ADUG. Photo by: August Kreyenkamp / Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln