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An illustrated history of a remarkable aircraft, the Dornier Do 24, which served both military and humanitarian purposes.

Perhaps the most seaworthy flying boat ever built, the elegant, tri-motor Dornier Do 24 served with both the Allied and Axis forces in very different parts of the globe during World War 2, garnering an excellent reputation along the way. This study uses archival records, first-hand accounts and revealing photographs to illuminate the combat career of this remarkable aircraft for the first time in English.

The German-built Do 24 was the Netherlands Navy's principal aerial asset during the Japanese invasion of the East Indies. While the survivors of that ordeal served in the Australian Air force, in occupied Holland and France production continued apace and the Do 24 equipped the German Air-Sea rescue service, whose crews loved and respected the machine. The type witnessed the rise and fall of the Luftwaffe over all the European seas, took part in the desperate evacuations of Wehrmacht troops on the Baltic in the face of the overwhelming Soviet advance, and was pressed out of service only with the withdrawal of Spanish Do 24s in 1969.

This volume tells the long and eventful story of the faithful Do 24 in full.

Table of Contents

Development (1934-1939)
Initial service (1938-41 – Dutch and Weserübung)
The Pacific War (1942-44 – Dutch and Australian service)
German service (1940-1945)
Spanish and French service (1944-1969)

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Product details

Published Jul 20 2015
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472805713
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 70 b/w; 30 col
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 110
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Peter de Jong

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Chris Davey

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Mark Postlethwaite

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