American businessman John Larsen imported the Junkers F 13 transport plane and sold it in the United States as the J.L. 6. The U.S. Air Mail Service bought eight Junkers for use between New York, Chicago, and Omaha. The Service thought that because the plane was all metal, it would be safe from fire, but they were mistaken.

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