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| Werkspoor Jumbo | |
| Role | Biplane freighter Type of aircraft |
| National origin | Netherlands |
| Manufacturer | Werkspoor |
| Designer | Joop Carley |
| First flight | 1931 |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Primary user | KLM |
| Number built | 1 |
TheWerkspoor Jumbo was a 1930sDutchbiplane freighter aircraft design byJoop Carley and built byWerkspoor. Only one aircraft was built (registered PH-AFI), which was sometimes called theCarley Jumbo and was operated byKLM for two years.
Ordered in 1927 as a specialised freighter for KLM.[1] The Jumbo was a large single-engined biplane fitted with two large cargo doors.
Delivered in 1931 it was operated by KLM between Amsterdam, Rotterdam and London for two years and was then passed to the airlines training centre which operated it for the next eight years. In 1938 it was described as a goodtrainer. The aircraft was destroyed atAmsterdam-Schiphol in a German bombing raid on the 10 May 1940.[2]
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