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  • December 20, 2017 at 10:04 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #789711
    ianwoodward9
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    The above question was prompted by this photo of a KLM Super Elektra, the ill-fated PH-APE. It also has “K L M” painted under the front fuselage. This aircraft crashed in 1938, so this practice of painting of these identifying letters in that position pre-dated the introduction of neutrality orange.

    December 20, 2017 at 9:59 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #789720
    ianwoodward9
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    This a question about the neutrality colours of KLM. Perhaps one of our Dutch experts can help.

    This colour photo shows ‘Roek’ in neutrality orange. It has “K L M” painted in large letters underneath the fuselage, starting below the cockpit and running rear to the wings – readable from the starboard side.

    Post # 12 (above) shows a drawing without the letters “K L M” at the nose end of the fuselage.

    Which is correct?

    December 20, 2017 at 12:13 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #789762
    ianwoodward9
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    I do not know how accurate a depiction of D-ARPF (ex: KLM ‘Valk’ PH-ALV) this is:

    December 18, 2017 at 10:54 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #790307
    ianwoodward9
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    Some great photos – thanks.

    Here’s the second follow up letter to Aeroplane Spotter. Another indicator of Dutch forethought is that, in 1946, there were eight guides conducting tours of Schiphol.

    December 18, 2017 at 6:03 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #790485
    ianwoodward9
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    I mentioned ABA’s Malmo-Copenhagen route in Post # 283. Before WWII, it was a twice daily service using Fokker XIIs. At the end of WWII, it was initially a twice daily service but seems to have built up fairly quickly to 9 flights per day in each direction. I’m not sure if this number included DDL flights or not, but some of the timetables show a joint service. The number does not include other airlines flying the route, such as KLM, which ran a Malmo-Copenhagen-Amsterdam service, I believe. Some of the ABA flights may also have been but one leg of a more extended service.

    Malmo-Copenhagen is given as 37 Kms, with a flight time of 15 minutes.

    December 18, 2017 at 9:31 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #790649
    ianwoodward9
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    Here’s the follow-up letter to the ‘Aeroplane Spotter’ article that I ‘serialised’ in Posts #271-275 above. In part, it gets us back to the start of this thread:

    December 18, 2017 at 1:11 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #790686
    ianwoodward9
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    Here’a shot of an Air Liban Ju52, LR-AAI, preparing to land at Almara, Cairo on 17 May 1946. The caption says it was previously with the French military.

    December 18, 2017 at 12:45 am in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #790702
    ianwoodward9
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    In 1946, ABA, in Sweden, had five Ju52s still in service: SE-ADR, -AFA, -AFB, -AFC and -AFD. At that time, they were mainly used on the Malmo to Copenhagen route, apparently – not exactly a long leg.

    Here is one of BEA’s Ju52, G-AHOG, photographed at Croydon on 18 November 1946, about to leave on the initial service to Belfast:

    December 17, 2017 at 10:54 pm in reply to: "Vulcan in a roll" #790825
    ianwoodward9
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    I suspect it was a ‘c*ck-up’ rather than a ‘conspiracy’, as you suggest. As I recall, it was one of several photos as part of an article about the Vulcan (rather than a more general article) but I can’t recall any of the content. In other words, I don’t know if the photo was intended to illustrate any particular point made in the article.

    By the way, I lived in Pattingham for a few years – but quite a long time ago.

    December 15, 2017 at 5:43 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #791833
    ianwoodward9
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    Here’s a better quality scan of the Lockheed 14 PH-AFQ:

    December 15, 2017 at 5:41 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #791843
    ianwoodward9
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    As I said, there were a couple of follow-up letters with corrections and additions. I will try to post those in due course. Meanwhile, comments are welcome.

    December 15, 2017 at 5:40 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #791848
    ianwoodward9
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    Tail end photos:

    December 15, 2017 at 5:39 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #791872
    ianwoodward9
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    Second column of text:

    December 15, 2017 at 5:38 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #791889
    ianwoodward9
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    First column of text:

    December 15, 2017 at 5:37 pm in reply to: WWII Flights To Lisbon #791906
    ianwoodward9
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    Here goes – the heading:

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