The opening ceremony of Malmi Airport took place on this day, 15 May 1938. Photo from: Hugo Sundström / Finnish Heritage Agency

First flown 13.1.38. Registered G-AFFF 24.2.38 to The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd. Registered 27.7.38 to Railway Air Services Ltd. Croydon; named "Juno". Transferred to Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew 26.5.39. Destroyed 27.9.46 when it flew into high ground in bad weather on Craigton Hill, 2 ½ miles North of Milngavie, Dunbartonshire, and 7 miles North of Renfrew. Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7. (Aviation Safety Network.) Photo from: Hugo Sundström / Finnish Heritage Agency

The opening ceremony of Malmi Airport 15 May 1938. Photo from: Hugo Sundström / Finnish Heritage Agency

The opening ceremony of Malmi Airport took place on this day, 15 May 1938. Photo from: Hugo Sundström / Finnish Heritage Agency

This photo was filed under 'Airports by country - J to Z', but SCADTA points to Colombia and another shot of the same scene carries the information that Troepiaal inaugurated a KLM West Indies Branch service to Barranquilla - Soledad from Curaçao, via Aruba and Maracaibo (Venezuela). The date was probably 15 May 1938. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

The opening ceremony of Malmi took place on this day, 15 May 1938. Note the substantial differences between the L-14 and the L-10 Electra, SP-BGE. Clockwise from top: Focke-Wulf Fw 58 Weihe V11 D-ALEX, DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AFFF, Zlin Z-XII OK-LZH, Klemm Kl 35B D-EPIU, Cierva C.30A SE-AFI, Bü 131B Jungmann OH-SIL, and VL Viima VI-2. In the background are three Fokker C.X reconnaissance biplanes. Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency