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then and now #3 Three Dornier Do 26 flying boats were ordered by Deutsche Luft Hansa before the Second World War. They were christened Seeadler (“Sea eagle”), Seefalke (“Sea Falcon”), and Seemöwe (“Seagull”). All three entered Luftwaffe service in 1939 when war broke out. All three were then lost in May 1940, during the Battles of Narvik, in the Norwegian Campaign. Seefalke was shot down on May 8th by Blackburn Skuas of 803 Naval Air Squadron operating from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Seeadler and Seemöwe were attacked and sunk on May 28th by Hawker Hurricanes of No. 46 Squadron Royal Air Force, after both landed and moored in Rombaksbotn fjord. Seeadler lies there to this day. Wreck photo by Mark Brill (see also: then and now)

then and now #3

Three Dornier Do 26 flying boats were ordered by Deutsche Luft Hansa before the Second World War. They were christened Seeadler (“Sea eagle”), Seefalke (“Sea Falcon”), and Seemöwe (“Seagull”). All three entered Luftwaffe service in 1939 when war broke out.

All three were then lost in May 1940, during the Battles of Narvik, in the Norwegian Campaign.

Seefalke was shot down on May 8th by Blackburn Skuas of 803 Naval Air Squadron operating from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.

Seeadler and Seemöwe were attacked and sunk on May 28th by Hawker Hurricanes of No. 46 Squadron Royal Air Force, after both landed and moored in Rombaksbotn fjord. Seeadler lies there to this day.

Wreck photo by Mark Brill

(see also: then and now)

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