The W33 D-1167 Bremen managed the first westbound Atlantic crossing in April 1928 with Kohl, Fitzmaurice and owner von Hünefeld. D-1197 Europa set out too, but crashed near Bremen. Note that this is another W33, again named Europa. On 18 September 1928, Swedish pilot Lindner and Hünefeld left Berlin for a flight around the world. They aborted this in Tokyo and this aircraft became J-BAWG in Japan. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

Only four examples of the M 24 were built and only D-1767, the first one, saw use as an airliner. It was first flown in July 1929 and delivered to the Bavarian company NOBA in February 1930. Eight passengers could be carried. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

Looking crude but sturdy, the M 20 airliner first flew in 1928. Lufthansa ordered two eight-passenger M 20a and twelve ten-passenger M 20b machines. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

Sturm was the official smoke of the Nazi Party's SA troopers. This is a VL26 three-seater with a widened front cockpit, covered here. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

The third and last Parseval-Naatz airship, advertising toothpaste. Length, 46 metres. First flight July 1932. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

Nice prop blur and a nice catch for Mr Hahn, although he left the unique Fokker F.XX unidentified in the German archive. Note the removal of the aircraft's wheel doors in comparison with our earlier photo. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

The Plage i Laśkiewicz company, manufacturer of the Lublin aircraft, built eleven F.VIIb/3ms for the Polish national airline. This was the last one, replacing the first SP-ABC (c/n 3) which was sold to Sabena. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

The He 70 Blitz (Lightning) fast airliner first flew in December 1932. In 1934, German aircraft carried the upcoming swastika flag on the left side, but the black-white-red Reich flag on the right side of the fin. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek

One of two Boeing 247s acquired by Germany is seen with Junkers G38 D-2500, a couple of Dresden trams and a lot of brown shirts. D-AGAR is ex NC91Y and was written off after a collision on the ground with an Air France aircraft at Nuremberg on 24 May 1935. Photo by: Walter Hahn / SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek