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3 unusual facts about Junkers F.13


Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport

On June 8, 1924 while traveling in the Junkers F.13 "Tolima" together with other executives of the company, he died as a result of one of the first plane crashes in the country.

Junkers F.13

In 1922-3, Hugo Junkers signed a contract with the Soviet Union to produce the aircraft in a Soviet factory at Fili near Moscow which became known as "Plant no. 22".

Malahang Mission Station, Lae

The Mission owned and operated a Junkers F.1313ke tri-motor aircraft named "Papua" (VH-UTS).



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