Aircraft Photo of D-ABYM | Dornier Do 18E (V3) | Deutsche Luft Hansa | AirHistory.net #421974
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:D-ABYM
Aircraft Original Type:Dornier Do 18
Aircraft Generic Type:Dornier Do 18
Aircraft Version:Dornier Do 18E (V3)
C/n (msn):661
Operator Titles:Deutsche Luft Hansa
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Friedrichshafen - Seemoos Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:1 May 1936 to 11 September 1936
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 421974
Photo Comment

Do 18 civil prototype, presumably photographed near the factory on Lake Constance. Named Aeolus by Lufthansa, the mailplane was catapulted by a DLH vessel off Horta, Azores and flew to Bermuda on 11 September 1936, continuing to New York the next day. Lost in July 1937 after an emergency landing in the Atlantic due to engine trouble.

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