This was the second DC-2 in Europe, bought by the Austrian government, but little used and sold to Swissair in March 1936. Perhaps Swissair did not like the condition of the aircraft as it was resold to Spain before the end of the year. It served as a bomber in the Civil War on the Republican side, but also carried a delegation to Ankara in 1938 for the funeral of Atatürk, as EC-AGA. To EC-AAA. We have photos of this airframe as PH-AKF in 1934 and as EC-AGA. To see them, you can click on the yellow construction number link as always on AirHistory. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

The first European DC-2 operator was KLM, but following PH-AJU Uiver, the next eleven aircraft delivered through Fokker went to Lufthansa ('line number' 3), Swissair (4, 6, 7, 9, and 10), ALI in Italy (5), LAPE in Spain (8, EC-XAX, and 12), and France (11, F-AKHD). Line number 2 was sold to Austria as a government aircraft. At least five DC-2s wore PH-AKF temporarily, but this is c/n 1320 - the Austrian registration A-500, already applied by Douglas, is visible. Little used in Austria and sold to Swissair, but quickly resold to Spain and used as a bomber. Eventually EC-AAA. Photo by: Wiel van der Randen / KB - National Library of the Netherlands

This camouflaged LAPE DC-2 landed at Ta Qali on 12 November 1938 at 2pm, bringing Spanish Minister Bernardo Giner de los Ríos and three generals en-route to Ankara for the state funeral of Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.