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Aircraft History Built by Junkers in 1937 in Dessau, Germany as Ju 86B Werknummer 086 0952 (86/0952). Registered in Germany as D-AGEY. During March 1937 piloted by Hans Kommoll on a ferry flight from Germany to Australia. On May 14, 1937 registered in Australia as VH-UYA. This aircraft was acquired in trade by Sydney wool broker, H. Beinssen for £23,000 worth of Australian wool being shipped to Germany in exchange for this aircraft. Nicknamed "Lawrence Hargrave" for the British-born Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. The fuselage had a horizontal stripe with a stylized bird head on the nose end. Australian registration VH-UYA in large black letters on the rear fuselage and upper side of the wings. This plane was placed on charter to Airlines of Australia Ltd. On May 17, 1937 flown from Sydeny to Brisbane in 2 hours, 40 minutes, faster than the company's other planes then onward to Townsville. When no other wool orders were placed, the plane was dismantled in Melbourne and shipped back to Germany arriving August 25, 1937. Back in Germany, re-registered as D-AREY. Retained by Junkers and registered as D-ARJF and became the personal aircraft of Junkers director Heinrich Koppenberg. Nicknamed "Herbert Norkus" named for a Hitler Youth member who was killed by German Communists and became role model and Nazi martyr widely used in Nazi propaganda and the subject of novel Der Hitlerjunge Quex (1932) by Karl Aloys Schenzinger and film Hitlerjunge Quex (1933). Later, fuselage code DD+VL. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. References Trove Northern Star "Diesel Aeroplane" April 28, 1937 page 5 "The first Diesel-engined 'plane seen in Australia reached Melbourne to-day after a non-stop flight from Charle- ville. The 'plane was a Junkers JU86 commercial machine imported from Germany under a barter agree- ment by H. Beinssen, a Sydney wool broker." Trove Northern Star "Junkers fast trip Sydney–Brisbane" May 17, 1937 page 3 "BRISBANE, Monday.—On charter from its owner (Mr H. Beinssen, a wool buyer of Sydney), to Airlines of Australia L.td.. the Junkers plane arrived in Brisbane from Sydney today to take up the through service from Sydney to Townsville. She flew the 500 miles from Sydney In three hours, the actual flying time being 2 hrs. 40 mins., as compared with the 3 1/4 hours taken by the company's fast Stinsons." Ed Coates Collection VH-UYA Junkers Ju86 (c/n 86/0952) (photo) Contribute
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