| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-EBQO |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Dornier Do J Wal |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Dornier Do J Wal |
| Aircraft Version: | Dornier Do J Wal |
| Licence-built by: | CMASA |
| C/n (msn): | 37 |
| Location | |
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| City / Seaplane Base: | Calshot - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | April 1927 to October 1928 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 714511 |
| Photo Comment |
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A famous Wal. Ex N-25 of Roald Amundsen - c/n incorrectly listed as 25 in British register. Used by Frank Courtney for transatlantic attempt, fitted with Napier Lion engines. Attempt aborted. To D-1422, fitted with BMW engines. Successful Atlantic crossing with Wolfgang von Gronau in 1930. Preserved in Münich museum. Heavily damaged by Allied bombing in 1944. Photo probably taken at Calshot. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands) This photo was added on 8 August 2024, and has since been viewed 144 times. |