Hack aircraft displaying the seahorse emblem of 1./Bordfliegergruppe 196. This was the principal Arado Ar 196 squadron equipping Kriegsmarine warships, but the Luftwaffe kept burdening it with coastal work and its various detachments included one at Schellingwoude, near Amsterdam, in 1940-41. Photo by: Karl Rauscher

'New aircraft-bomber for the navy.' The blunt tower of Ransdorp is seen in the background. Schellingwoude was a good seaplane harbour and Fokker seaplanes could easily get here from the old waterfront factory. Landplanes had to be moved to Schiphol by barge right through the Amsterdam canals until 1950. T-10 struck off charge at Surabaya, Java in 1940. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

The aircraft which found the survivors of the crashed airship Italia on an Arctic ice floe, seen on its way up north one week earlier. The aircraft commander was noted pilot Umberto Maddalena. This photo appeared in Dutch newspapers. This aircraft also was military serial MM40208 and is assumed to be c/n 10016, previously used by Francesco de Pinedo as his Santa Maria (II). Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

Another Super Whale at Schellingwoude. The flying boat was on its way from the Dornier factory in Friedrichshafen to Norderney, following the Rhine and the coast, and reportedly landed for weather reasons. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

Demonstration of Flygindustri (Junkers) seaplanes for the Netherlands navy. S-505 was a K30, a variant of the G24 airliner. S-AABB would crash into the seaplane station due to wing failure, damaging the Van Berkel W-A W54. The Flygindustri pilot, Lindner, was injured. Durgerdam village is in the background. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Demonstration in Amsterdam of the military variant of the Junkers G24 airliner, which could be operated as a seaplane. Because of the restrictions imposed on Germany, the K30 was officially a product of Junkers' Swedish subsidiary, Flygindustri. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

Vingtor Airways was a short-lived Norwegian airline formed by former military personnel. Formerly JX419, LN-OAR crashed in the Lofoten on 5 August 1947 after a flight from Oslo. Here it is seen after an emergency landing near Pampus Island, off Amsterdam, one month earlier. According to a Dutch newspaper, it was flying 16 sailors from Fornebu to Trieste when the autopilot malfunctioned. The aircraft was painted red with cream trim. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

A rescue aircraft of the Seenotdienst (literally, sea emergency service) at Schellingwoude, near Amsterdam. Until 25 November 1940 this was a paramilitary organisation, hence the civil registration and the so-called Reichsdienst flag on the tailfin. A He 115 is on the left.

The summer of 1940, and the Germans have made themselves at home at Schellingwoude, near Amsterdam. The cog ship badge of 5./Embarked Air Group 196 is on the Ar 196's nose. A He 115 is visible on the left. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

The sole Heinkel HE 6 (E for Eindecker) seaplane, D-1220, was built in 1927 for an aborted east-west Atlantic crossing. The HE 10 derivative was apparently designed as a navigation trainer for the DVS (German Airline Pilot School, a covert military school). Two examples were built, D-1662 and D-1731, and the latter is seen having run into a dike near Amsterdam's Schellingwoude seaplane station after a flight from Warnemünde. Some reports claim, probably in error, that the accident happened across the bay near the village of Schellingwoude. The aircraft was repaired. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

Amazing picture of two Swedish Junkers seaplanes demonstrating in Amsterdam. S-505 (a temporary civil registration) was the German-built prototype of the K30 military version - sometimes called R42 in Sweden - of the G24 airliner. S-AABB was an R53 or K53, a Junkers A35 assembled by Junkers subsidiary AB Flygindustri. S-AABB would crash into the seaplane station due to wing failure, damaging the Dutch navy's Van Berkel W-A W54 which is also seen here. The photo gives a good idea of the location of the station on the east side of Amsterdam, actually opposite Schellingwoude village. The church of Durgerdam can be seen. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

It's easy to forget how much the paper mail mattered. The HE 12 (not He 12, the E is for monoplane) was built to be catapulted off the liner Bremen to speed up the translantic snail mail. D-1717 was christened New York by the city's mayor upon its triumphal first arrival there on 22 July 1929, although it had been launched a mere 110 km (68 miles) out. It is seen here arriving in Amsterdam a record five days after the ship left New York in June 1930, as reported by Dutch newspapers carrying the same photo. The photo source said circa January 1930 but the light clothing worn arose suspicion! Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

Delivered in 1925 and used by Roald Amundsen on an aborted North Pole flight. Seen here during trial flights on an Oslo - Kristiansand - Amsterdam - Harwich route. Flew Horten - Kiel - Friedrichshafen later in March 1925 month for resale by Dornier. Flew to New York as D-1422 in 1930 with Wolfgang von Gronau. Transferred to Deutsches Museum Munich in 1932 but damaged beyond repair by bombing in 1944. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives

The Do R Superwal was a development of the succesful Do J Wal, the R4 model having four engines. D-1782 Usedom visited Schellingwoude on its delivery flight to Warnemünde, chosing a watery route from Mannheim. Photo from: Amsterdam City Archives