This Ju52 was parked at Newtownards airfield in Co. Down while its passenger, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, was the guest of Secretary of State for Air Lord Londonderry at Mountstewart, a few miles away. The airfield is still owned by Londonderry Estates.
Ribbentrop's November 1936 visit had a sequel five years later when the Belfast air raids killed more than 800 people. The Ju52 captain returned to Newtownards this time commanding a section of Heinkel bombers which hit the airport buildings with deadly accuracy, killing 13 people including young soldiers from the town who were guarding the area. Several bomb craters were visible until a few years ago when the area was developed for housing. Hopefully none of the Luftwaffe ordnance is still around there. Wilhelm Sieghert was Germany's Inspector of Flying Troops (1916–1918).
The aircraft had a 24-hour police guard, and the horses in the background are pulling a mowing machine to keep the grass airfield in immaculate condition for its high-ranking visitor, who in 1946 was hanged for war crimes.