| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-IGVN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dornier 228 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dornier 228 |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier 228-100 |
| C/n (msn): | 7039 |
| Operator Titles: | Alfred Wegener Institute - AWI |
| Aircraft Name: | Polar 3 |
| Location | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Antarctica |
| Photo Date: | December 1984 |
| Photo from: | JHM Collection |
| Photo ID: | 582627 |
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Very short-lived aircraft from the Alfred Wegener Institute (logo on tail). It was delivered to the institute on 16 October 1984 and immediately deployed to Antarctica. On 24 February 1985, while on the way back to Germany, it was shot down and destroyed by Frente Polisario guerrillas over the Western Sahara in Africa. This photo was added on 1 July 2023, and has since been viewed 526 times. |