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Dornier Do 24
German Reich ·first flew 1937· bomber, reconnaissance and air-sea rescue flying boat
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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dornier Do 24 T fuselage on display at the Technik Museum Speyer: Photographer: Mosbatho· CC BY 4.0
- 2. Do 24 V-1-2: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Dornier Do 24 ATT vl 2: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Dornier Do 24 on Display: User:Stahlkocher· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Do-24K MLD (51525497169): Pabo5· Public domain
- 6. Donier DO-24 model: Alf van Beem· Public domain
- 7. Dornier Do 24 at Skattøra: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 8. Dutch Dornier Do 24 during trials off Papua New Guinea, in 1938 (KITLV 98652): Unknown Unknown· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
The Dornier Do 24 is a 1930s German three-engine flying boat designed by the Dornier Flugzeugwerke for maritime patrol and search and rescue. A total of 313 were built among several factories from 1937 to 1945.
How to recognise it: 3 piston engines with propellers · 27 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 89 years ago, in 1937.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 27 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
- Range of 2,900 km: 16× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1937-07-03
- introduced
- 1937
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 279
- role
- bomber, reconnaissance and air-sea rescue flying boat
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Dornier
- engines
- 3× Bramo 323R-2 Fafnir / R-1820 / Bramo 323 Fafnir
- crew
- 4
- length
- 22.1 m
- wingspan
- 27 m
- height
- 5.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 18.4 t
- top speed
- 330 km/h
- cruise speed
- 295 km/h
- range
- 2,900 km
- ceiling
- 7,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1245866, Wikipedia: Dornier Do 24 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.