The
Dornier DO 24 sea planes entered manufacturing from 1937
in France,Belgium and Germany. They were extensively used
by the German Luftwaffe during world war two, and quite
many wrecks of them are spread out around Europe still.
After the war many of the surviving aircrft entered civil
service, and in southern France, one of these airplanes
rest n the deep waters outside Port-Cros. Under a flight
from Ajaccio on Corsica to St. Mandrier 2.June 1949
carrying nine passengers, she flies into a storm and is
forced to do an emergency landing after an engine failure.
Shortly after landing, one of her floats break off and she
goes down with the pilot still trapped inside. Today the
wreck rest on a depth of 88 to 94 meter outside La Galere,
near the islands of Port Cros.
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Dornier
DO 24
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78,2 x 88,6 x 18,9 f |
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9,1 ton ( empty )
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Ajaccio ( F ) |
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