Dornier Do26 1940 by geoffgeoffp
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This aircraft,and its companion were shot down by Hawker Hurricanes while ferrying troops.The pilot,Graf Schack managed to crash land at Narvik where the crew and 10 troops became POW's.
Comments (8)
Mondwin
Always a fantastic work from You...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
ysvry
great work.
debbielove
Flying Boats.. I love them... And this is a great one... Brilliant 3-way once again.. Bit of interesting info as well. Great! Rob.
Buffalo1
Your usual excellent views of a lesser known aircraft. Thanks for the history, too. Dornier made a fine series of civilian and military flying boats/floatplanes from the 20s through WW II.
wingnut55
nice work, an elegant and modern-looking plane.
clifftoppler
Wikipedia confusingly gives a different story, though it can be quite unreliable. Seemingly Graf Schack was flying V2 when it was attacked by three Blackburn Skuas operating from HMS Ark Royal (8 May 1940). Then on the 28 May 1940 V1 and V3 were attacked at their moorings by three Hurricanes. V6 was thought to have still been in existence in 1944, and its eventual fate unknown. Now there is a pile of interesting research for you, with the possibility of putting Wiki straight! Anyway, it is a beautiful aeroplane and it needed a second look to verify the existence of FOUR engines. Look and you will see - sometimes.
claude19
I have always think that the Dornier were bombarders !!!
dbrv6
Excellent 3-way and very insteresting plane and background.