Photo of the week
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This weekends extra.
The BFW M.35 (specifically registered as D-2643) was a high-performance, two-seat sport and aerobatic aircraft designed in 1933 . Built by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW), registration D-2643 was among the very first M.35a models produced, featuring a 7-cylinder radial engine .
It was the last of a line designed by Willy Messerschmitt. -
This midweeks photos.
And a couple of cracking shots of KLM Douglas DC-3's taken in 1936 at Schiphol.
In 1936, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines received its first DC-3, which replaced the DC-2 in service from Amsterdam via Batavia (now Jakarta) to Sydney, by far the world's longest scheduled route at the time. In total, KLM bought 23 DC-3s before the war broke out in Europe. -
This weekends photo.
Vickers Wellington GR Mk XIV maritime patrol aircraft at RAF Chivenor.
Vickers Wellington GR Mk XIV MP774 was a specific twin-engined maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft of the Royal Air Force. Operating with No. 179 Squadron, it was stationed at RAF Chivenor in Devon, England. It is most famously documented in a series of iconic World War II archival photographs, primarily conducting General Reconnaissance (GR) duties to hunt German U-boats.The GR Mk. XIV (the ultimate maritime patrol version of the Wellington, equipped with a "chin" radome housing ASV Mk. III radar for surface vessel detection) -
This weekends extra.
And some shots of Finnish Dornier Do 17Zs.
In late 1941, the Finnish Air Force was gifted a mixture of Do 17Z variants: three Z-1s, three Z-2s, and nine Z-3s. By 1942, these aircraft were deemed too slow and inadequately armed for daylight operations. Despite this, the Finns successfully deployed them for night bombing missions. Over the course of the war, 10 of the planes were lost to enemy action, accidents, and wear. The surviving five aircraft remained in inventory and were not scrapped until 1952.
