| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-2491 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Junkers Ju 46 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Junkers Ju 46 |
| Aircraft Version: | Junkers Ju 46hi |
| C/n (msn): | 2745 |
| Operator Titles: | Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| Aircraft Name: | Sirius |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Germany |
| Photo Date: | July 1933 to December 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 785411 |
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The Ju 46 was a W34 derivative as a mailplane, to be catapulted from ocean liners, and as such a seaplane, but D-2491 was delivered as a landplane in June 1933. Swastika flag decreed on port side of the rudder in July 1933. Renamed Bremen as a catapult seaplane in 1934, painted red. To D-UHYL. Last launch from steamer of the same name on 9 October 1935, 1028 km (639 miles) off Southampton. To D-OBRA of Lufthansa. To Hansa Luftdienst. Photographed in the summer of 1939 doing sightseeing flights at Pörtschach am Wörthersee, still as a seaplane. Photo from: Lufthansa This photo was added on 4 March 2025, and has since been viewed 139 times. |