Do24 - Aircraft Profile - Dornier / Aviolanda : Do24

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Do24

Manufacturer : Dornier / Aviolanda
Number Built : 279
Production Began : 1937
Retired : 1945
Type :

The Dutch Navy required a replacement aircraft for their ageing Dornier Wals and Dornier Flugzeugwerke designed the Do24 flying boat. It was an all-metal monoplane with a broad-beamed hull and stabilising sponsons. The aircraft was powered by three wing-mounted radial engines. The first six Do24s were built in Germany with one other being built under licence in the Netherlands by Aviolanda. Aviolanda only completed 25 aircraft before the German occupation. The Luftwaffe were interested in the aircraft and the company produced a further 11 aircraft powered by Wright Cyclone engines, but later models used the BMW Bramo 323R-2. A further 159 Do24s were built in the Netherlands during the occupation, most under the designation Do24T-1. According to Dornier records, some 12,000 people were rescued by Do24s during its flying career. A total of 279 were built among several factories from 1937-1945.

Do24 Artwork Collection

Chance Encounter by Robert Taylor.

Signatures for : Do24
A list of all signatures from our database who are associated with this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking their name.
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Oud Adjudand Onderofficier Vlieger Paul Kommer Click the name or photo above to see prints signed by Oud Adjudand Onderofficier Vlieger Paul Kommer	Oud Adjudand Onderofficier Vlieger Paul Kommer Paul Kommer joined the R.NI.N. in August 1940 as Teerling Onderofficier Mieger. In December 1941 he was Korporaal Mieger, flying the Dornier 24 as co-pilot on the Chance Encounter operation, one of his 50 war time combat patrols. After the eventual capitulation of the Netherlands East ladies, he became a prisoner of war and was sent to work in the coal mines in Japan. When war was over he had somehow survived, but he weighed just 94lbs, nearly half of his normal body weight. After the war he flew PBYs with the R.NI.N. and later became an instructor.

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