Territory Stories

Aeroplane

Details:

Title

Aeroplane,

Photo number

PH0326/0021,

Collection

Clive Keetley Collection., PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Parap, Darwin,

Description

A Junkers JU-86 aircraft belonging to the German airline Lufthansa during a visit to Darwin in late 1937-early 1938. The aircraft is believed to be registered D-AGRV and is finished in a medium grey scheme with the period Nazi swastika tail surfaces, a syumbol of Hitler's re-arming at the time. Ostensibly the Germans uitlied the aircraft as airliners however all types were capable of rapid conversion to bombers and/or transport types. The Junkers JU-86 was powered by two Junkers Jumo 205 diesel engines each of 600hp rating and giving a cruising speed of 224mph. Length was 57'5" and wing span 73'10" whilst the aircraft's all up weight was 17,650lbs.,

Notes

Date: Unknown,

Language

English,

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0),

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/34526,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/314266