Real Flight: Swedish ABA Douglas DC2 SE-AKE
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robcap:
Hello everybody,
I found that the Dutch PH-AKH was sold to Sweden's Aktiebolag Aerotransport (ABA) in december 1939.
It received the registration SE-AKE. I cannot find pictures of this plane.
Can anybody point me to a real picture of this plane, or explain to me what the livery must have been like.
Later the plane was donated to Finland, and became hanssin jukka.
Thanks very much in advance.
Cheers, Rob Cappers
juhrit:
Hello.
I can give you a tiny help from 1979 when DC-2 Hanssin-Jukka was some decades modified to a coffee shop at Hämeenlinna in Finland. Nowadays it is under reconstruction in Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Central Finland Aviation Museum) in the vicinity of Jyväskylä Airport (EFJY), where it was rescued.
There are conversations on FSNordic finnish discussion historical sides ( Ilmailuhistoria). Would you please use HAKU (SEARCH) with word Hanssin-Jukka, there are some pictures from DC-2 at least during period of Finland.
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rgds Juha Ritari
robcap:
Thanks for you answer, and the nice pics. That's the first color pic I saw. Do you have more? Was the right wing removed?
I recently found some more info on this plane, and regarding my original question. My guess is, based on that info, that there is no ABA livery for this plane:
"The Haan was sold on January 12 1940 to ABA, after it was in storage since the end of august 1939. That day Graf C.G. von Rosen flew her as SE-AKE from Amsterdam to Malmö. ABA sold the DC-2 later in January 1940 to Graf von Rosen, who immediately donated her to Finland."
I think this was some kind of trick to get this plane from the neutral Holland to the Neutral Sweden, and then to Finland.
But still, if someone has more info, I'm really interested to get the story complete.
I had an e-mail from the museum director, where Hanssin Jukka is now, and I hope they will succeed in restoring her.
We already made a few liveries from the Hanssin Jukka plane, for our DC2 model.
See here . On the top post is the Isoo Antti, down to the bottom you can find 2 Hanssin Jukka liveries.
I will check out the rest of the forum you recommended.
Thanks again, Rob
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