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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 | |
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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 |
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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. It was added on 7 February 2020, and has since been viewed 2019 times. |