Dornier 30 Operation Diana

[tigercat]

Following  the German capitulation of 1945 fanatical Nazi forces based in Norway continued to fight on nfor a further 18 months bolstered by units of the Waffen SS who had fled to Noway . Gradually pushed back to a pocket based round the town of Kirkenes. The final nail in their coffin was an internal rebellion led by the Führer der U-Boote Norwegen. Teddy Suhren. Leading Nazi are believed to have fled to Japan aboard 2 Dornier 30 flying boats Zyklon and Wirbelwind . The Wirbelwind was shot down by Russian fighters but the fate of the Zyklon is unknown.


The  Do 30, was of all-metal construction. The hull had a central keel and a defined step, and the wings were of gull wing configuration, being equipped with fully retractable narrow stabilising wing-floats as well as  Dornier's famous "water-wing" sponsons extending from the lower hull for lateral stabilization.

Its six engines, Junkers Jumo 205C diesel engines, were mounted in tractor/pusher pairs in three nacelles located . The rear (pusher) engines could be swung upwards through 10° during take-off and landing, to prevent contact between the three-blade airscrew and water spray created by the forward propellers. Only 6 were constructed for use by Lufthansa on the transatlantic mail run

[deathjester]

Very interesting - well done!