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Dornier Do 26
Flying boat
In Service: 21 May 1938 to 1945
First Flight: 21 May 1938
Manufacturer: Dornier
Number built: 6
Type: Flying boat
Crew: 4 men
Length: 24.6 m
Wingspan: 30 m
Wing area: 120 m²
Height: 6.85 m
Empty: 10,700 kg
Loaded: 20,000 kg
Engine: 4 × Junkers
Jumo 205 6 cylinder 12 piston liquid cooled opposed piston
inline two stroke diesel engine producing up to 600 hp each
Maximum speed: 335 km/h
Range: 9,000 km
Service ceiling: 4,800 m
Armament:
3 × 7.92 mm
MG 15 machine guns aft firing
1 × 20 mm
MG 151/20 machine gun in a bow turret
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Do 26 V-1
Do 26 V-2
Do 26 V-3
Do 26 V-4
Do 26 V-5
Do 26 V-6
Do 26A
Do 26C
Do 26D
Other: Seaplanes
& Flying boats
Articles:
The Dornier Do 26 was a twin engines four seats cantilever
shoulder mounted wing and retractable stabilising floats only
six were built
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
For a complete list of sources
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World War Two Timeline, detailing
every event, day by day from 1935 through to 1945.
WWII Timeline
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