Interflug - the East German national airline

Published at : 17 Dec 2025

Link to the book that I also used a source for this video:
Interflug - East Germany's Airline by Sebastian Schmitz - https://amzn.to/49cGBTI
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Hans Grade Museum in Borkheide (near Berlin):
https://www.grade-museum.de

Photographs and other sources:
• Old Luft Hansa Logo: By Unknown – Own source bzw. eigenes Werk, Logo, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6023561
• Luft Hansa Logo 1950s - Von Lufthansa - Eigene Quelle bzw. eigenes Werk, Logo, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6023516
• G31 Luft Hansa - Von Willem van de Poll - Nationaal Archief, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30044293
• Control Council And Coordinating Committee Of The Allied Control Authority. Enactments and Approved Papers of the Control Council and Coordinating Committee, Allied Control Authority, Germany -1948: Volume 4. - 1948, 1945. Periodical. https://www.loc.gov/item/61035888_Volume-IV/.
• Il-14 Deutsche Lufthansa in Leipzig – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-41100-0006 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5353134
• Interflug plane at Schönefeld Airport - By Bundesarchiv, DH 2 Bild-F-04180 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5371966
• Il-14 – By Norbert Kaiser – Own Work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4623922
• Antonov-24 - By Marina Lystseva - http://album.foto.ru/photo/265963/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5885436
• Il-18 in Erfurt - Von Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-M0702-0024 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59308504
• Il-18 - By JetPix - Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/Interflug/Ilyushin-Il-18D/0192265/LPhoto http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/5/6/2/0192265.jpg, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28614830
• Il-62 Langenhagen - By Felix O - originally posted to Flickr as DDR-SEP. Interflug Ilyushin IL62-M at Hannover Langenhagen, Apr 1990, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59308953
• Il-62 Leipzig - Von Dr. Bernd Gross - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28323607
• Il-62M – By Perry Hoppe (GFDL 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html or GFDL 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html), via Wikimedia Commons
• A310 – By Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
• A310 – By Juergen Lehle - Own Work (See also AlbSpotter Flugzeugbilder Aircraft Photos), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1650605
• Tu-154 by the East German army but disguised as Interflug plane - By Ralf Manteufel - http://www.airliners.net/photo/Interflug/Tupolev-Tu-154M/1353218/L/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16911784
• L-60 - By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-66432-0001 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59310533
• Ka-26 - By Deutsche Fotothek‎, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6394987
• PZL-106 - CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=719918
• PZL-M18 - By Хрюша - Own Work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5126968
• Antonov-2 - By Steven Lek - Own Work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89841007
• Mil Mi-4 – By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-C0179-0012-005 / Spremberg, Joachim / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5432674
• Mil Mi-8 – By Deutsche Fotothek‎, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6390467
• Easyjet – By Riik@mctr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/20476255@N00/42157140684/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80155193
• Ryanair - By Rob Hodgkins — Ryanair Ei-DHD B737-800 EMA, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69824154
• Vueling - By Pedro Aragão - http://www.jetphotos.net/photo/8131340, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44983405
• Eurowings – By Juke Schweizer - Eigen werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79725086
• Lufthansa Logo – By Unknown - Lufthansa, Logo, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1923565
• Interflug Logo - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Interflug.svg#/media/Datei:Interflug.svg
• Il-18 Berline – By Ralf Manteufel - http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1229987/, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21467647
• Interflug on Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interflug
• https://www.airportspotting.com/where-to-find-interflugs-aircraft-today/


Correction:
2:07 The map shown is not fully correct as it shows Saarland being a part of the FRG, which in fact happened in 1957.