Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (DVL), Berlin-Adlershof, 1936, Part 4

Selected images of new facilities of the Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (DVL) [German Research Institute for Aviation] in Berlin-Adlershof, originally published in Moderne Bauformen - Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst [Modern Construction Design - Monthly Magazine For Architecture And Interior Art], volume XXXV, issue no. 10, October 1936, Julius Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.

Top: front view of the large DVL aircraft hangar at Berlin-Adlershof. The multi-storey extensions on each side of the building housed offices.

Centre: magnified detail view of the above photo, showing Focke-Wulf A 17 D-UBOT (left) and, barely visible, Junkers Ju 160 B-0 D-UBON, Werknummer 4217 (right).

Bottom: rear view of the same hangar. The low, multi-window extension visible along both sides and rear of the hangar contained repair workshops. (Additional aircraft identity confirmation courtesy of the LEMB Stammkennzeichen Database Project)

Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (DVL), Berlin-Adlershof, 1936, Part 3

Selected images of new facilities of the Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt (DVL) [German Research Institute for Aviation] in Berlin-Adlershof, originally published in Moderne Bauformen - Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst [Modern Construction Design - Monthly Magazine For Architecture And Interior Art], volume XXXV, issue no. 10, October 1936, Julius Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.

Top: the large DVL aircraft hangar at Berlin-Adlershof. The utilizable interior of the building measured 70 m wide by 40 m deep. A Junkers Ju 52/3m can just be seen parked on the apron.

Centre: magnified detail view of the above photo, showing Junkers Ju 160 B-0 D-UBON, Werknummer 4217, assigned to the German air ministry (RLM).

Bottom: another magnified detail view of the above photo. In spite of the somewhat deficient quality, it is possible to identify the aircraft in the rear as Junkers F 13 ge D-ONYX (formerly D-1563), Heidelerche [wood lark], Werknummer 2031, assigned to the DVL. The aircraft nearest to the camera, D-OHOT, is likely a Junkers W 33. (Additional aircraft identity confirmation courtesy of the LEMB Stammkennzeichen Database Project)

Junkers Ju 160 Engine Cowl

Schematic of airflow through cowl enclosing the BMW 132 engine of the Junkers Ju 160, as featured in Das Flugzeug - Dritte Auflage [The Aircraft - Third Edition], edited by Theo E. Sönnichsen, published by Richard Carl Schmidt & Co., Berlin, Germany, 1942. (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)

Junkers Ju 160

Top: Luftwaffe-operated Junkers Ju 160, WL+UJAF, Werknummer 4242, date and location unknown. A glimpse at the background reveals at least one Messerschmitt Bf 110, several Messerschmitt Bf 109s, and at least one Heinkel He 111. (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)

Bottom: Junkers Ju 160, D-UGAZ, Iltis, Werknummer 4214, of the Deutsche Lufthansa, date and location unknown. On the left, behind the aircraft, mobile boarding stairs. This aircraft was built in 1935 and withdrawn from airline service in 1941. (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)

[Entry amended November 30, 2014, and January 18, 2020.]