Aircraft Photo of D-1422 | Dornier Do J Wal

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	D-1422
Aircraft Original Type:	Dornier Do J Wal
Aircraft Generic Type:	Dornier Do J Wal
Aircraft Version:	Dornier Do J Wal
Licence-built by:	CMASA
C/n (msn):	37

Location
City / Seaplane Base:	Helsinki - Katajanokka Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:	Finland
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	1930
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	417276

Photo Comment
Aircraft of the German Airline Pilot School (DVS) flown by Walter von Gronau. Von Gronau and crew flew it from Sylt to New York City in 47 hours in August 1930 via the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. Earlier it was N-25 of Roald Amundsen, see other picture, and G-EBQO used by Frank Courtney. The flying boat was preserved in the Deutsches Museum in Munich in 1932 but badly damaged by Allied bombing in 1944. Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency This photo was added on 2 December 2021, and has since been viewed 422 times.

Photo Comment

Aircraft of the German Airline Pilot School (DVS) flown by Walter von Gronau. Von Gronau and crew flew it from Sylt to New York City in 47 hours in August 1930 via the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. Earlier it was N-25 of Roald Amundsen, see other picture, and G-EBQO used by Frank Courtney. The flying boat was preserved in the Deutsches Museum in Munich in 1932 but badly damaged by Allied bombing in 1944. Photo from: Finnish Heritage Agency

This photo was added on 2 December 2021, and has since been viewed 422 times.

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