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In 1929 Iberia Airlines merged with another state own airline. In May 1935 LAPE (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas) Company was created it was taken over by the military in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. Since the name Iberia was still registered the airline began to fly in Nationalist-held territory eventually becoming a purely domestic airline. EC-AAJ was a former DLH (Deutsche Lufthansa) aircraft D-AVUL “Bruno Rodschinka” acquired by Iberia in February 1941 and named “Guadal Quivir”. One month later the aircraft was written off at Son Bonet Mallorca without fatalities.