Junkers Ju 86

Junkers Ju 86

Photo 1 is an air-to-air view of two aircraft viewed from the port. Behind is a formation of 22 aircraft.
Photo 2 is the front of an aircraft on the ground.
Photo 3 is an aircraft viewed from underneath.

Three b/w photographs on an album page

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Junkers JU 86.

This aircraft first saw service as a passenger plane with South West Africa Airways. Brought into use as a medium bomber during the Spanish Civil War, it was found to be inadequately armed when faced with modern fighters. In 1939 the Ju 86 was produced as a photo-reconnaisance [sic] machine operating at a maximum height of 41,000 feet, 9000 feet better than a Spitfire could reach.