Do 26 | |
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General information | |
Type | Transport and reconnaissance flying boat |
Manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke |
Primary users | Deutsche Lufthansa |
Number built | 6 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1939 |
First flight | 21 May 1938 |
Retired | 1945 |
The Dornier Do 26 was an all-metal gull-winged flying boat produced before and during World War II by Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was operated by a crew of four and was intended, in civilian service, to carry a payload of 500 kg (1,100 lb) or four passengers on the Lisbon to New York route. In military service it carried as many as eighteen passengers.