CFS1 Junkers Ju-R-42
Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aerea de Chile

The Chilean Army Air Corps, (later Chilean Air force) operated six Junkers R-42 between the years 1926 to 1938, mainly in bomber duties, transport, training, reconnaissance and liaison.

On january 1930, the Junkers R-42 registration # J-6, equipped with floats and leaded by Air-commodore Arturo Merino Benitez with Cap. Alfredo Fuentes as co-pilot, reached the city of Punta Arenas (Magallanes Straits), in the first flight from the heartland until the Chilean most southern city, opening the route Santiago-Punta Arenas.

The last Junkers R-42 was scrapped in 1938, being replaced in bomber duties by the new german Junkers Ju-86k.

Note: The Chilean Air Force was created in 1930. Before, the military planes are operated by Chilean Army Air Corps, with different badges to the current. This virtual model have the old markings with colored roundels instead of national coat.

Original model creators: Ernst Zindel & Alexander Belov.
Damage profile for CFS1 and repaint with chilean markings: Edmundo Abad.