OH-BLB de Havilland D.H.89a Dragon
Rapide
(c/n 6401)
OH-BLB was the sister ship to -BLA, purchased in 1937 and then seconded
to the military in
1940. It was released from its war duties reregistered -BLB again
as an air ambulance before
being
sold in 1947 to Karhumaki Airways where it became OH-VKI.
The shot above, from
the
national Finnish Air Museum shows it with Aero O/Y circa 1945 in
a typical venue, whilst
in the photo below it was serving with Karhumaki. . In
1955the Rapide was sold in Norway
as
LN-BFB, and was left out in the open for many
years being finally scrapped in 1968..