Dornier DO24
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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 aircrafts entered
civil service, and in southern France, one of these
airplanes rest n the deep waters outside Port-Cros. Under
a flight from Ajaccio to St. Mandrier 2. June 1949
carrying nine passengers, she flied into a storm and was
forced to do an emergency landing. Shortly after landing,
one of her floats broke off and she disappeared in the
deep with the pilot still trapped inside. Today the wreck
rest on a depth of 88 to 97 meter outside La Galere, near
the islands of Port Cros.
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| N 43 deg 02,609 E 06 deg E 24,568 ) ( Source:Ocean Zone Divers )  Picture: Dornier DO 24 Originally from skovheim.org Last updated: December 2014
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