This was the first aircraft of DDL and possibly the first entry in the Danish register. It was reportedly ex German navy 3078 and ex D-380. On 7 August 1920 it flew the first DDL service from the Refshaleøen naval air station to Warnemünde via Malmö. Back to Germany after a few months as D-146 as the Allies did not approve its sale or lease to Denmark. Apparently there was a second T-DABA, ex D-43, in 1921. Photo from: Library of Congress

1932 and Fokker still rules the airways to Malmö. OY-DED survives in the Aviodrome in Holland as "H-NADP". Second, OO-AIE, a SABCA-built F.VIIb-3m of Sabena. Third, F.VIIb-3m PH-AFR, which briefly served with KLM and went to Air Orient as F-AMFS in December 1932. Fourth, the Fokker F.XII SE-ACZ Värmland, delivered to AB Aerotransport in February 1932 and even fitted with fancy wheel spats. It was based here in Malmö and served on ABA's routes to Amsterdam and Berlin. Flights were scheduled to connect with night trains between Malmö and Stockholm. Photo from: Finnish Aviation Museum

Broken up in 1947

The first 4 engined airliner i Denmark although not very succesful. Operated from 1926 - 1931 and was scrapped in 1931

Became SU-AGO, DBR in a landing accident 5. August 1954 at Luxor, Egypt

Brand new Ju-52 on the delivery date. Crashed 18. December 1942 at Vienna, Austria

Brand new Ju-52 on the delivery date. Crashed 18. December 1942 at Vienna, Austria

Brand new Ju-52 on the delivery date. Crashed 18. December 1942 at Vienna, Austria

Delivered to Kastrup by DDL captain Bramsen and Kurt Tank on 14 July 1938. Photo by: Anders Beer Wilse / Nasjonalbiblioteket (Norway)

Photographed in Copenhagen, presumably at Kastrup as DDL left Kløvermarken airfield for the new airport earlier in 1925. Photo from: Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark)

Ex 41-20058. Eventually preserved in Munich as "HB-IRN". Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark

One of two F.XIIs built in Denmark. In the background, Fokker F.VII OY-DAD and Junkers Ju 52 OY-DAL. Photo from: Det Kongelige Bibliotek (Denmark)

Little Marslev airfield had its finest hour during the icy winter of 1940, when the Great Belt strait froze over and an air link with Copenhagen replaced the ferry. Note neutrality markings. The Fokker lasted until 1952 as SE-ASF. Photo from: National Museum of Denmark

Detail from the same original as photo 343621, stamped 14 May 1926 on the back. Jabiru c/n 6 was inscribed in the Danish register as T-DOXB a few days earlier on 8 May 1926. In 1925 DDL had had another Jabiru registered as T-DOXB, c/n 2.

First flown on 18 July 1936, this was the sole Ju 52 owned by DDL before WWII. The forward fuselage was painted red. After the outbreak of the war, 'Denmark' was painted on the roof, with Danish flags on wings and tail surfaces. DDL was allowed to carry on flying under the German occupation of Denmark. Selandia crashed near Vienna - Aspern on 18 December 1942.

One of two Fokker F.XIIs built in Denmark for the national airline, Merkur crashed at Kastrup on 17 December 1945. Photo by: Willem van de Poll / Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

The Danish airline DDL hired four German Fokker-Grulich F.IIIs in its early days. D-353 was pictured by a KLM photographer over the Amstel river, just south of Amsterdam. The same aircraft made an emergency landing very close to here at Abcoude on 15 August 1924, then in Deutscher Aero Lloyd service. Photo from: Noord-Hollands Archief

Don't shoot please, we are small neutrals! In addition to the large country titles, some neutral airliners received an all-orange paint job after the outbreak of WWII, including OY-DAM which was seized by the British at Shoreham on 9 April 1940, the day the Germans occupied Denmark. It became G-AGAY and DX117, crashing on 12 July 1941. OO-AGZ is a Savoia-Marchetti S.73 of Sabena. DC-3 PH-ALU Uil of KLM was damaged beyond repair here by German bombs on 10 May 1940. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives