Fokker Super Universal

Fokker Super Universal: A photo from a vintage publication dated June 15, 1940. On that day, at 14:00 Fokker Super Universal J-DFOH arrived to Tokyo's Haneda airport from Sapporo to celebrate the commencement of regular commercial flights between Tokyo and Sapporo by Dai Nippon Koku. For this celebrating event the J-DFOH Super Universal took of from Sapporo carrying plenty of Lilies of the Valley (suzuran in Japanese) to be handed to wounded soldiers in Tokyo's 1st and 2nd Army hospitals.

   Sapporo Lilies of the Valley

On the same day at 08:00 another Fokker Super Universal took off from Haneda loaded with Edomae Senbe (Tokyo Rice Crackers) for 200 persons to be handed at wounded soldiers at Sapporo's Tsukisamu hospital.

 Edomae Senbe

The lilies were handed by six "Air Girls", Misses Uematsu, Komuro, Yamada, Yamamoto, Mita and Kawano, three of which are featured in this photo. Note that J-DFOH has no engine cowling offering a splendid view of the Kotobuki Type 2 engine. The J- registration is most unusual but that's what the vintage publication clearly mentions.