three 1000 hp BMW Bramo 323R-2 Fafnir
Information from http://www.dornier24.com/
Spring 1944 the German government offered 13 Do-24T-3's (of which one was for spare parts) for free to Spain for the use of rescuing people from the western Mediterranean. This way the Germans could profit from the neutral status of Spain as they themselves had lost their main central bases in the Mediterranean on Sicily (Syracuse and Taormina) n July 1943. Spain readily accepted the offer and soon the first Spanish crews were trained on the German base in the French town of Berre near Marseille. Between may and September the first eight were delivered to Spain as HR.5. They were flown via the Rhine and Rhône valley to Puerto de Pollensa on Mallorca. The remaining five were delivered in November, but because the south of France was then liberated they were flown via Innsbruck in Austria and Genua in Italy. After arrival in Mallorca they came under the command of the 51st flyingboat regiment. As of 1953 the HR.5 aircraft came under the command of the Servicio Aéreo de Rescate (Search and rescue flight) in accordance with the international ICAO reglementation. With the change of the regiment name the twelve operational HR.5's came under the control of 804a Esquadrille de Salvamento still stationed in Pollensa. The designation changed however from HR.5 to HD.5. During 1952 Spain received a large number of spare parts from the French navy. They managed to keep at least one aircraft airworthy upto 1971. The HD.5-4 was handed over to Dornier and flew to the Bodensee on August 6th via Marseille and Lausanne, arriving at Dornier on August 28th in the presence of Flugkapitän Horst Merz (of the Do-X world tour of 1929/30) and Flugkapitän Wolfgang von Gronau (of the Do Wal world tour of 1932). Later a second example, the HD.5-3, was also handed over to Dornier.
Delivered to the Seenotdienst as KK+LZ
1944 delivered to Spain as EC-DAC
1944 registered as 65-3 "Virgin de Lluch"
1946 registered as HR.5-3 (51-3)
December 22nd 1953 registered as DO-24T3-3
FAA's web site has the following information...
Registared in US as N99222 2-23-1977. Cancel 8-5-1981, Exported to UK
Currently on display at the Oberschleißheim Aviation Museum
