Aircraft Photo of OH-ALL | Junkers Ju 52/3m ge | Aero O/Y

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	OH-ALL
Aircraft Original Type:	Junkers Ju 52
Aircraft Generic Type:	Junkers Ju 52
Aircraft Version:	Junkers Ju 52/3m ge
C/n (msn):	5494
Operator Titles:	Aero O/Y
Aircraft Name:	Kaleva

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Helsinki - Katajanokka Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:	Finland
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	14 July 1936
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	575578

Photo Comment
Delivery of Aero O/Y's second Ju 52 - OH-ALK was already put in service during 1932. These aircraft operated on floats in summer until the opening of Malmi airport in 1938. In peacetime after the Winter War on 14 June 1940, operating Aero O/Y flight 1631 from Tallinn, Kaleva was shot down by two Soviet DB-3 bombers during Soviet preparations to occupy Latvia. All nine people on board, including diplomatic couriers, were killed. This is said to have been the first commercial airliner shootdown by fighter aircraft in history. Photo by: Finnish Heritage Agency This photo was added on 1 June 2023, and has since been viewed 292 times.

Photo Comment

Delivery of Aero O/Y's second Ju 52 - OH-ALK was already put in service during 1932. These aircraft operated on floats in summer until the opening of Malmi airport in 1938. In peacetime after the Winter War on 14 June 1940, operating Aero O/Y flight 1631 from Tallinn, Kaleva was shot down by two Soviet DB-3 bombers during Soviet preparations to occupy Latvia. All nine people on board, including diplomatic couriers, were killed. This is said to have been the first commercial airliner shootdown by fighter aircraft in history. Photo by: Finnish Heritage Agency

This photo was added on 1 June 2023, and has since been viewed 292 times.

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