A rugged three-engined flying boat originally built for the Dutch, it was pressed into Luftwaffe service for air-sea rescue and coastal patrol, saving hundreds of downed airmen from the North Sea and Mediterranean.
A Dutch Dornier Do 24K-1 flying-boat (s/n X-1, c/n 761) in flight. "X-1" was the first Do 24 ordered by the Marineluchtvaartdienst (Netherlands Naval Aviation Service). It was delivered on 3 July 1937 and finally lost onUnknownUnknown ; Photographer not identified, so UK Copyright contended to have lapsed 50 years after publication. Pictu · Public domain · source · CC BY-SA 3.0 · sourceThe remains of one of the engines from a Dornier DO24K flying boat that was destroyed by an attack of 9 Japanese Zeros in Roebuck Bay and Broome Airport on 3rd March 1942.Davidwhittle31 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
