What was new on these pages
12/06/2004	Added some amazing pictures coming from Mr. Baarschers, nephew of a crewmember on the Do-24 in the Dutch East Indies. This resulted in pictures being added to the following pages: Werk Nr. 775, 774  and 768 and Do-24K. Also added was a story about the crash of the X-15 on June 3rd 1939 as told by Baarschers in a letter to his parents. More private collection pictures come from Walter Hunneshagen of Seenotstaffel 7 with contributions to Werk Nr. 159 and the Do-24T page. Finally added a page on the reunion of september 2003. Lastly added a bit of "info" and alteration to the ATT page.
17/05/2004	Back after a long holiday in Italy and Germany where I had the chance to visit the Oberschleissheim museum and Friedrichshafen. In Oberschleissheim Gerhard Filchner had a surprise waiting for me, I was allowed inside the Do-24T-3 undergoing preservation, a real treat for which I will be forever grateful. All in all I took more than 100 foto's. During the returnvoyage from Italy, where I unfortunately missed the ATT in Marina di Pisa by one day I visited Friedrichshafen where on the airport I saw the ATT in her new glory. I've added 30 pictures to the site. All I can say is that Mr. Dornier and his technicians have done one fine job with this bird! If you're near a place this bird stops on her worldtrip you've gotta see it!!! Finally I've added two pictures of Werk Nr. 165 in Kirkenes thanks to Yngve Gronvik.
20/03/2004	Back after a long while, this time with updates regarding the Do-24ATT which has arrived in the Phillippines and has flown for the first time after the restoration early februari, and there is more great news regarding this aircraft, check the Do-24ATT page. I discovered that my webspace has run out, so in order to use the webspace to the full I have had to move the museum pages. With the help of Nol Baarschers I was able to ad a small bit of information to Werk Nr. 71. His uncle was the pilot of this aircraft and he himself was named after his uncle. Recently he discovered an enormous amount of material including a huge amound of pictures. In due time these will be added to the site, we of course have to give Mr. Baarschers the first look at the about 100 documents he has in his posession. With the help of Pleun Punt who supplied me with information from a book called "Van Aviolanda tot Fokker", which was written by P. van Wijngaarden and published in 1987. The updates regarded the following Werk Nummern: 71, 79 and 3296.
22/06/2003	Regular visitors might have seen the change in the opening page a few months back. An update das been long in the waiting, but after my mother died in march it took a long time for me to pick things again. I hope you can understand. Anyway the update for June 2003: I was able to make a start with the production pages of the 40 post-war French built aircraft all with tremendous help from Hugues de Pouqueville and Yves Gouriten. They also supplied me with information regarding the French units with wich the Do-24 flew. Pictures of Do-24's in French service are on their way, also thanks to Hugues and Yves!!! Added the beginning of the auto-biografy of Karl-Heinz Lüdtke. The biografy might look finished but he promised me there were more adventures to tell, so we will wait for that. The ATT is on the move, April 25th I went to visit the aircraft when she was in Antwerp harbour awaiting further transportation to the Phillippines. Of course a lot of pictures have been added of the Do-24ATT, also containing pictures made by Marc Verleysen of the company who stores the aircraft and made pictures before and during unloading. The pictures can be found on the special Antwerp page. I only just noticed the date of the update, the birthdate of my father who passed away in 1986, what irony.
12/02/2003	Well, you can't always plan updates as I found out. My wife got very ill, but fortunately she's almost recovered now. Anyway time for a new update. Added information to Wern Nummern 99, 115, 166, 1132, 3261 & 3305 and adding a page about the 3Y+JT. Thanks to Iosif Clorman for the information. Added some new information to the Oberschleißheim and Oberpfaffenhofen pages, thanks to Gerhard Filchner for that. I'm currently running up a large back catalogue of updates sent to me by various people. I can't thank you enough for the information but time has been very short in adding this information to the site. One of the first updates will feature two memoires, both of mechanics during the war. One of those is very extensive and consumed most of my spare time to translate.
30/09/2002	Back after the reunion of the Seenotdienst, great stories and new material for the site. One reference added is the flugbuch of Werner Drees. Also added 11 pictures of the Do-24 in Madrid with great thanks to Mikael Olrog for the pictures.
04/07/2002	A small but significant update to a few production pages: 164, 1M+IQ, 1M+RK, 3Y+JT, S5+CK, S5+FK, S5+KK and S5+LK. Added a few unknown Werk Nummern to the productionlist. The search for a new server is looking promising, more on that later.
11/05/2002	Unfortunately My provider decided to change the ammount of traffic my site may have. I have thought a long time about this and decided to give up the high resolution pictures and reduce all big pictures. This is the only way to give more people a chance to visit the site. If anyone wants bigger versions of pictures on the site then please mail me. On a happier note, I just received an invitation to the Seenotdienst reunion in September and I'm looking forward to that big time. An update will come shortly, please be patient, thanks.
17/03/2002	Added/updated info on the following Werk Nummern: 143, 164, 176, 2104, 2126, 3232, 3237, 3263 and 3308. Added some information on the Dutch units GVT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 (thanks to Dr. Leo Niehorster). Added some missing information to the museumpage of Cosford (thanks to Dave West). Added a page about a Do-24 that's located of the coast of Cavalaire in the south of France with some amazing pictures (thanks to Aldo). Last but not least added one more unpublished reference.
31/01/2002	OK I think an appologie is in order here from my side. It has been a FAR TOO LONG time since I've updated the site. No excuses just I'm sorry. Anyway I hope things will go more smoothly now and it starts with a reasenable update: Added/changed info of the following Werk Nummern: 75, 82, 96, 97, 168, 1007, 1101, 3232, 3236, 3238, 3240, 3296, 3346, 3349 and 3350. One more reference added (thanks to Rob de Bie), made a start with a new articels page, starting with Air Pictorial. Added one foto to the Do-24T page. Added a link to a great site about pacific airwrecks. You should check it out and look for Stand Gajda on the visitor page, there you'll see pictures of no less than FOUR remaining Do-24's in Australia! Added 9 pictures and some important information to the Speyer page. Made a start with a section for the people who served with the Seenotdienst, starting with Henri Dannemark. Added two homemade models to the models page.
15/08/2001	Added a link to most German units pages to the known individual aircraft they used. Added two improved versions of two pictures which you can find here and here. Added one more book to the reference list (thanks to Johan Lemmers), other contributions coming from Ralf Beyer, Remco Gerbrands and Benno Goethals. There are no words big enough to express my gratitude, THANK YOU! I added some information to the Do-318 page, not a lot, but still very interesting. Also added a page for the Do-72 variant, no info yet though. Added information supplied by Jose Ramon to the following Werk Nummern: 2133, 2134, 2135, 3347, 3381, 3383, 3385, 3387, 3388, 5294, 5341 & 5345. And last but not least I've added three pictures of a finished Italeri model, with thanks to Mats Engstrom.
10/07/2001	Added a link to a stunning looking Do-24K & T download for Combat Flightsim 2 to the models page (thanks to Mathias Pommerien), also added a number of "new" models. Added one link to the links page. Updates the following Werk Nummern: 76, 91, 164, 1009, 1075, 2118, 2130, 3238, and 3341, Added pages about the BW+QG, CM+RP, CM+RS, S5+AK, S5+BK, S5+DK, S5+EK, S5+FK and S5+KK. Also heavily updated the registration list and the production list.
11/06/2001	THE DO-24ATT WILL FLY AGAIN, check the Oberschleißheim page!! Added information to the following Werk Nummern: 110, 114, 123, 127, 128, 132, 90, 93 and 97. Also added two new sections, by popular demand will make a beginning with a camouflage page and started a page about the equipment of the Do-24. Added three more books to the reference section. Added one color picture to the Do-24T page and uploaded a bigger version of another color picture, which you can find here.
23/05/2001	Ok, back after a few weeks of vacation, been to visit the reunion of the Seenotdienst in Friedrichshafen, one big ball, all those nice people, all those stories, an overwhelming load of information that will take a while to all be fully integrated in these pages. Have a few contacts now for a more detailed study of one or more people. Added 10 books to the reference page (it's been a good month, specially thanks to J.L. Roba!!!). Added information to Werk Nummern 1033, 1075, 1108, 115, 123, 2103, 2111, 2112, 3331, 79, 90, 103, 128, 84 and 782. Added pages about known registrations with no known Werk Nummern: 1M+IQ, 1M+RK, J9+DA, J9+EA, J9+HA, Q8+AC and Q8+EA. Also updated the production list registration list and the museum list, the USA page had been updated with not too good news! Added a story about the desertian of Heinz Roesch to the stories page. Now for the pictures, added one to the prototypes page, four to the Do-24N page and 12 to the Do-24T page, all are reconisable by the yellow cel. Thought that would be a nice idea to give more of a clue to what is new, first the background is yellow and during the next update the cel lining is yellow and after two update the picture is fully integrated in the page. Last but not least added the Luftwaffe Museum at Berlin Gatow and the Dornier Museum at Meersburg to the museum visits page.
27/03/2001	As you might have noticed things have changed a bit, the site is more colourful and hopefully easier to navigate. Completed the German units on the units page and lost a picture of the Do-24T as I didn't notice before that it was doubled on the site, also corrected a few minor faults. I just hope that everything works out the way it did when I tested it. Happy surfing! By the way, I still haven't figured out what the error with IE5 is, I know where it is but how to solve it?? Can anybody help?
14/02/2001	Sorry for the delay in updates, but had some trouble with the pc, anyway here is the new material: Updated the following productionpages with extra information: 101, 103, 105, 117, 126, 130 ,134, 136, 143, 157, 159, 2112, 3211, 3214, 3233, 3236, 3267, 3268 and 3297 Added some extra information to the technical data page of the Do-24ATT and to the Stamzeichen page.
01/01/2001	Added one picture of the Madrid Do-24T-3, thanks to Julio Castillo. Added one video with thanks to Bert Hartmann. Added a clearer picture of the X-13. Added 12 direct Do-24 page links to the links page, also removed some dead links. Added 8 pictures of the monument in Bad Zwischenahn. Also added a page of my visit to the Hoogveen Aeropark to the museum visits page. Added a map of the Dutch East Indies to the Dutch units pages showing the bases used by the Do-24K. Added two technical drawing and one normal drawing to the Do-24K page. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
24/12/2000	It's been a while, but here's a another update. Added 4 pictures to the prototypes page and no less than 40 to the Do-24K page. Furthermore the following productionpages were updated with extra pictures: 67, 699, 761, 764, 770, 772, 773, 774, 775, 779, 781 & 785. Added a combat report about the loss of the 145, 177 and 1001 on September 10th 1943, with a very special thanks to Juan Carlos Salgado for supplying this information. Made a start with re-arranging the technical data page with adding a lot of info about the Do-24K-1, more coming up. By the way Happy Christmas and all the best wishes for the next year!!!
12/11/2000	Added 3 picture to Marcel Henrich's model page. Added 3 pictures to the post-war page. Added 5 pictures to the Do-24T page. Added a production page for the CM+RU which includes 5 new pictures. Added a new country to the Units page, being Japan. Added 2 more museums to the museum visits page.
05/11/2000	Added a number of images to the development page, including those of the original design. Still about 100 more pictures waiting. I'll try to sort these out asap.
29/10/2000	Added the models page to show what is out there on the model front. Added three new titles to the books section, three books with new information about the Do-24. Added the signature of the writers of the Seenotstaffel 7 book to the refering page. Added a bit of info to the newly created page about the possible existence of a Do-24T-3 in the U.S.A.. Added a picture of the Kirkeness Do-24T, kindly supplied by Gustav Tollefsen and Jon-Arve Hildonen. Added two more books to the reference page. And finally the best of all added some great news to the Do-24ATT page, check it out.
29/09/2000	Added/updated the productionlist with the following Werk Nummern: 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 113, 123, 127, 164, 185, 192, 1001, 1002, 1007, 1009, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 1137, 1151, 2112, 3214 & 3342 concluding the total pre-war and wartime production with 309 pages!. At the moment only small information is available about the post-war French production so if anybody can help there then please mail me. Added two stories to the Story page. Added a small bit of info to the Do-24K page. Last but not least added the Stamzeichen page.
22/09/2000	Added a small bit of information to the Do-24K page. Again a big update to the productionlist, added/updated the following Werk Nummern: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1034, 1035, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 3132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 3335, 3341, 3342, 3344, 3346, 3347, 3348, 3349, 3350, 3351, 3352, 3353, 3381, 3382, 3383, 3384, 3385, 3386, 3388, 3389, 3390, 3396, 3401, 3404, 3405, 3406 & 3432. When the productionlist is complete a cross reference with the Stammzeichen will come on-line asap.
21/09/2000	Added a story to the Story page, added several new pictures to the Prototypes, Do-24K, Do-24N & Do-24T pages. For easy recognition the new pictures are marked in grey. Added the Kirkeness page to show pictures of the Do-24T-3 located there at 19 meters depth! My thanks goes out to Gustav Tollefsen & Jon-Arve Hildonen for supplying the pictures (and they promised more, so keep cheking in!)
09/09/2000	Added the history of the Do-24N. Also added the following Werk Nummern: 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3296, 3297, 3298, 3299, 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3309, 3320 & 3332. Also added a new section with pictures of my museum visits, at the moment two are on-line, RAF-Cosford and Luftwaffe-Gatow.
20/08/2000	Major update concerning the Productionlist, added/updated the following Werk Nummern: 0075, 1100, 1135, 115, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 3300, 3335, 3343, 3435, 77, 991, 992, 993, 994, 995, 996, 997, 998, 999, 1000 3211, 3212, 3213, 3214, 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3236, 3237, 3238, 3239, 3240, 3261 & 3262. Added one more link and added one new title to the booklist and to the reference page. Also added the Norwegian No.333 Squadron to the Units page.
06/08/2000	Got rid of the entry page, the url now leads direct to the index. Added the following units: SeenotGruppen 20, 50, 51, 60, 70, 80 & 81 and Seenotkommando's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Texel & Varna. Added a small bit of info on the Do-24MS. Rearranged the booklist and added 16 new arrivals to the collection. Last but not least added a few links.
19/07/2000	Added the Madrid page with a picture of the Spanish Do-24T-3 thanks to Dave McDonald. Also added a picture of Do-24N-1 Werk Nr. 76.
03/07/2000	Added five books to the reference page. Added several new and upgraded pictures to the following pages: prototypes, Do-24K, Do-24MS, Do-24N, Do-24T, Speyer, Post-War, Oberschleißheim. Added Werk Nummern 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 1100, 3387 and 3345. Added the post-war French production to the production page. Added Flottile 9FTr and Flottile 9F to the unit page
28/06/2000	Added the entire T-2 series to the production table, Werk Nummern 98 upto 134. Info added about two Do-24's available in France to the museum page for all you divers. Added 7 Pictures to the Soesterberg page, courtesy of Robert Lundin.
27/06/2000	The Oberschleißheim page is finished. Added a new section to the museum page with Do-24's not so on display with the discovery of a Do-24T in the waters near Kirkeness in Norway. Added some info to the Technical Data page
25/06/2000	Re-established the site after two weeks absence, appologies for that. Added pictures to the Speyer page and created the Oberpfaffenhofen page. All pics coming from my trip to Germany. Upcoming from Oberschleißheim a Do-24ATT walkaround with 35 pictures. Also coming up a video of Karl-Heinz Daehn, the last Staffelkapitan of Seenotstaffel 7, signing my copy of Seenotstaffel 7.
11/06/2000	Added the text to the Do-24K page.
03/06/2000	Added three pictures of three different museum pieces to the site courtesy of Mikael Olrog and Alexander Hurrle. Pictures are of the Do-24T at Speyer, the Do-24ATT at Munich and the Do-24T-3 at Hendon. Added a few drawings to the Do-24K, Do-24N, Do-24T and prototypes pages. Completed the productionlist of the Do-24T-1 with the addition of Werk Nummern 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 & 97.
06/05/2000	The all new site went online more and bigger pictures more information and best of all a "complete" production list of all Do-24's produced. Not everything is operational but is will be very soon, keep checking the site for updates.