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One of Lufthansa’s Ju-52s c/n 4069 was registered as D-ABIK and operated with them in 1935 and 1936. The aircraft was given the name ‘Manfred von Richthofen’ and became the aircraft Hermann Goering would use when he traveled. Lufthansa was influential in founding several other airlines Spanish Iberia, the Brazilian “Syndicato Condor” and the Chinese “Eurasia” airlines. In December 1941 the aircraft was in Hong Kong and was destroyed when the Japanese bombed the city.