Klemm Kl 31

Klemm Kl 31 a XIV touring and training aircraft, registered D-IGOL. The aircraft appears to be in immaculate condition. The fuselage trim colour seems to match the red of the vertical tail stripe surrounding the national insignia. Note wheel chocks securing the main wheels. The Klemm Kl 31 was powered by a Siemens Sh 14 engine.

D-IGOL was assigned to the DLV [Deutscher Luftsportverband, i.e., German Air Sports Association] and, accordingly, subsequently to the NSFK [Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps, i.e., National Socialist Flyers Corps].

The two buildings in the background make it possible to identify Stuttgart-Böblingen airfield (Klemm's headquarters) as the location where this photo was taken: the structure on the right is the older Werft hangar, the building to the left is the newer Flugzeughalle hangar, completed in 1929. Exact date currently unknown. (German Aviation 1919-1945 collection)