Aircraft Photo of DO-1 | Douglas DC-2-115E | Finland - Air Force | AirHistory.net #211533
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:DO-1
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-2-115E
C/n (msn):1354
Operator Titles:Finland - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Hanssin-Jukka
Location
City / Area:Tuulos / Kauppakeskus Tuulonen [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Finland
Collection:Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo
 
Photo Date:3 August 2016
Photo by:Eero Saarela
Photo ID: 211533
Photo Comment

Originally delivered to KLM (PH-AKH) 1935. Delivered to Finnish Air Force on February 1940 during Winter War via Stockholm by Swedish volunteers and using registration SE-AKE. Re-registered first as DC-1 and later as DO-1. Entered service as bomber, but soon find role in different transport missions. In Air Force until 1955 and after that converted as a café (located in Hämeenlinna) until sold to Finnish Air Force Museum 1981. Was restored 2009-2011 with a color scheme it had in Spring 1944 and moved to display on Tuulos Shopping Centre 2015.

This photo is copyright © Eero Saarela, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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