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On Monday, April 30, 2018, Wilko Jonker passed away after a long illness at the age of 58. He leaves behind a wife and two children. The Dutch military aviation and plastic model building were his hobby and on this website he has shared all the knowledge he has gathered about it over the many years. His hobby was able to distract him from the raging disease in his body until the last week of his life. The contacts with other hobbyists were a major support for him.

Dornier Do-24K

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See for information about the Dornier Do-24.

D-AGLP was the prototype of the Do-24K and built for the Dutch navy.

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Versions.

Text about versions.

 

Technical information Dornier Do-24K-1
Dimensions:
Length: 21,95 m Wingspan: 27 m
Height: 5,75 m Wing area: 60,6 m2
Weights:
Empty weight: 7965 kg Max. start weight: 13 500 kg
Performances:
Max. speed: 305 km/hr Climbing speed: - m/min
Cruising speed: 220 km/hr    
Range: 2450 km Service ceiling: 5600 m
Miscellaneous:
Engine type: Three Wright Cyclone GR-1820 F-52 rated 875 hp each
Crew: Six men
Armament: First twelve machines: Three Colt-Browning 7.7 mm machine guns
Next twelve machines: Idem plus max. of 600 kg bombs
Third series: Idem, plus max. 1200 kg bombs.

 

Technical information Dornier Do-24K2
Dimensions:
Length: 21,95 m Wingspan: 27 m
Height: 5,75 m Wing area: 60,6 m2
Weights:
Empty weight: 7965 kg Max. start weight: 14 500 kg
Performances:
Max. speed: 315 km/hr Climbing speed: - m/min
Cruising speed: 220 km/hr    
Range: 2450 km Service ceiling: 5600 m
Miscellaneous:
Engine type: Three Wright Cyclone GR-1820 G105 rated 1100 hp each
Crew: Six men
Armament: Two 7.9 mm MG 15 machine guns; One 20 mm Solothurn gun; 1500 kg bombs

 


Information about Dutch aircraft.

N93 02 14

(Former Spanish) Dornier Do-24T-3, as Do-24K-1 X-24 in 1993 photographed in the Military Aviation useum at Soesterberg.

N93 02 15

(Former Spanish) Dornier Do-24T-3, as Do-24K-1 X-24 in 1993 photographed in the Military Aviation useum at Soesterberg.

 

Maritieme patrouillevliegboot Donnier DO-24K-1, X-1 (1937-1942), verloren gegaan bij Broome
Dornier Do-24K-1, X-1, lost at Broome.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Maritieme patrouillevliegboot Donnier DO-24K-1, X-2 (1938-1941), verongelukt bij MVKM
Dornier DO-24K-1, X-2, crashed at NAS Morokrembangan
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Maritieme patrouillevliegboot Donnier DO-24K-1, X-13 (1938-1942), verloren gegaan bij Roti. Scheveningen 03-09-1938
DO-24K-1, X-13, lost at Roti.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1 maritieme patrouillevliegboot X-30 (1939-1942)
Dornier Do-24K-1 X-30
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1 maritieme patrouillevliegboot X-1 (1937-1942)
Do-24K-1, X-1, lost at Broome, March 1942.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1, X-6
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1 X-4
Dornier Do-24K nr. X-36
Dornier Do-24K-1
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1, X-30.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-2 X-24 in Australia.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1, X-35.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1 nr. X-24 on the slipway at Rose Bay, Sidney, Australia.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1 nr. X-24, "Ouwe Lobbes" in Australia [Note the Dutch flag on the fuselage applied form the end of February 1942 ]
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Nava air station Morokrembangan/Soerabaja in 1941 side view of a  Dornier Do-24K of the flying school.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1, X 1, bij Aviolanda
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1, X-2.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
A Do-24k-1 with mecano's
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]

 

Photos of the interior.

Dornier Do-24K-1: The interior.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1: The interior.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1: The interior.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1: The interior.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier DO-24K-1: The interior.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1. The cockpit
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1: The compartment in the bow.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1. The cockpit
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1: Interior.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1. The radio.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1. Instrument panel of the mecano.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1. The second sleep compartment.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1. Interior; the mid turret.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Dornier Do-24K-1, the tailsection.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]
Sleeping room.
[Enclosed photo from BeeldBank NIMH. Click on photo for ordering information]

 


Dornier Do-24K

 

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Serial
Serial
 Constr. nr.
Constr. nr.
 Date in service
Date in service
 Date out of service
Date out of service
 Notes
Notes
Ordering date: 03-08-1936. Built by Dornier, Friedrichshafen
X-1 761 03-07-1937 03-03-1942 Lost at Broome
X-2 762 01-1938 24-04-1941 Entering service in January 1938. Lost near Naval Air station Morokrembangan
X-3 763 01-1938 03-03-1942 Assembled at Altenrhein. Entering service in January 1938. Lost at Broome (Bombardment).
Ordering date: 03-08-1936. Built at Altenrhein.
X-4 764 14-03-1938 13-11-1941 Lost at Naval Air station Morokrembangan
X-5 765 18-03-1938 29-04-1942 To RAAF, became A49-1, out of service 20-12-1944
X-6 766 03-1938 03-02-1942 March 1938 entering service. Destroyed during bombing of Naval Air station Morokrembangan
Ordering date: 22-07-1937. Built at Altenrhein.
X-7 767 04-05-1938 29-04-1942 To RAAF, became A49-2, out of service 20-12-1944
X-8 768 05-1938 29-04-1942 Entering service in may 1938. To RAAF, became A49-3, out of service 20-12-1944
X-9 769 05-1938 29-04-1942 Entering service in may 1938. To RAAF, became A49-4, out of service 20-12-1944
X-10 770 14-07-1938 29-04-1942 To RAAF, became A49-5, lost on 11-03-1944.
X-11 771 19-07-1938 26-12-1941 Destroyed at Lake Tondano.
X-12 772 08-09-1938 26-12-1941 Destroyed at Lake Tondano
X-13 773 09-1938 07-02-1942 First Do-24k equipped with a quick-firer canon
Lost near Roti
X-14 774 1938 22-01-1942 Entered serice in 1938. Lost in Balikpapan bay
X-15 775 1938 29-12-1941 Entered serice in 1938. lost in South Chinese Sea.
X-16 776 1938 01-03-1942 Entered serice in 1938. Destroyed during bombing of naval air station Palembang
X-17 777 12-1938 25-02-1942 Entered serice in 1938. Shot down near Noord-wachter
X-18 778 16-01-1939 24-02-1942 Shot down near Noord-wachter
Ordering date: 30-05-1938. Built at Altenrhein.
X-19 779 31-01-1939 25-01-1942 Lost near Menari
X-20 780 14-02-1939 03-03-1942 Lost at Broome
X-21 781 03-03-1939 24-01-1942 Lost near Bali
X-22 783 20-03-1939 08-01-1942 Written off Naval Air station Morokrembangan
X-23 784 21-04-1939 03-03-1942 Lost at Broome (bombing)
X-24 785 05-05-1939 10-1943 To RAAF in October 1943; became A49-6, out of service 20-12-44
Ordering date: 13-01-1939. Built at Altenrhein.
X-25 695 24-05-1939 26-12-1941 Destroyed at lake Tondano
X-26 696 07-06-1939 26-12-1941 Destroyed at lake Tondano
X-27 697 18-07-1939 23-12-1941 Emergency landing near Taroena
X-28 698 23-08-1939 03-03-1942 Lost at Broome (bombing).
X-29 699 25-09-1939 11-02-1942 Emergency landing near Naval Air station Morokrembangan
Ordering date : 13-04-1938. Built by combination of Aviolanda/De Schelde.
X-30 67 07-07-1939 03-02-1942 Destroyed due to bombardment of Naval Air station Morokrembangan
X-31 68 29-08-1939 05-02-1942 Destroyed due to bombardment of Naval Air station Morokrembangan
X-32 69 28-09-1939 07-02-1942 Sunk near Roti
X-33 70 20-11-1939 05-02-1942 Destroyed due to bombardment of Naval Air station Morokrembangan
X-34 71 11-12-1939 17-12-1941 Emergency landing near North of Borneo
X-35 72 06-03-1940 08-02-1942 Burned and lost near Koepang (Roti)
X-36 73 08-03-1940 03-03-1942 Destroyed South of Broome
Do-24 K-2; Ordering date: 13-01-1939, built at Altenrhein.
X-37 700 06-12-1939 03-02-1942 Lost due to bombardment of Naval Air station Morokrembangan??.
Ordered on 10-02-1938, but not delivered were X-38 t/m X-48; to be built by Aviolanda/De Schelde and X-49 t/m X-61, ordered on 07-06-1939.

 


1/72nd Scale

Kits

  • Italeri
    • Kit 122: Dornier Do.24T Reconnaissance Seaplane
    • Kit 1323: Dornier Do24T: upgraded kit with reviewed moulds and extra details in plastic and photo etch.
  • Revell
    • Kit 04362: Dornier Do.24T Reconnaissance Seaplane (same as (old) Italeri kit)

Modelling add-on

  • Aims Decals
    • Set pe72004: Detailset Dornier Do24T (Interior)
    • Set pe72003: Detailset Dornier Do24T (Exterior)
  • Eduard
    • Set XS213: Express Mask Dornier Do24T (Italeri)
  • Goffy Model
    • Set 7225: Dornier Do24T Interior set (Revell/Italeri)
    • Set 7226: Dornier Do24T Engine set (Revell/Italeri) (
  • Korat Models
    • Set c7205: Dornier Do24 Transport carriage
  • Squadron Signal
    • Set 9173: Canopies Dornier Do24T

Decals

  • Dutch Decal
    • Set 72004: Decal set for several Dutch naval aircraft e.g. Dornier Do-24K X-12 RLM-02/RLM-01.
    • Set 72023: Decal setfor several Dutch naval aircraft e.g. Dornier Do-24K-1, X-14 en X-24 with orange triangle.
    • Set 72035: Decal set with orange triangles for several Dutch naval aircraft such as Do-24 X-35 (large); X-13 (small).
  • DKdecals
    • Set 72005: Decal set for both Dutch as Australian Dornier Do-24K, X-24 and PBY-5 Catalina, Y-45.
  • Flevo Decals
    • FD72-032: Royal Netherlands Navy over The Dutch East Indies 1939-1942: Decals for e.g. Do-24 in six different versions.

1/48th Scale

Kits

  • Special Hobby
    • Kit 48076 Model of a Dornier Do.24T
  • Fonderie Miniature
    • Kit 6014 Model of aDornier Do.24T

Modelling add-on

  • --
    • Set --: --

Decals

  • --
    • Set --: --

 


The first 18 Do-24Ks were delivered in whart was called the A Ikarol scheme; The top was Hollandgrau 103/2, also called RLMGrau 103/2 or Holland Grey. The bottom was entirely Silber 111/s (aluminum dope)

From 1938 and on the Fokker C.XIVw, Fokker T.viii and alsothe Dornier Do-24K received a revised color scheme, Ikarol B scheme; the upperside of the fuselage, wings and horizontal tails were fully painted in HollandGrau (Holland grey); The underside was Hollandgrau Hell (light Holland grey). Hollandgrau (dunkel), was also known as Fokker Grey; RLMgrau 02, Holland Grey or dark gray.

In the course of 1940 the remaining Do-24Ks were painted in similar colors as ordered PBY-5 Catalina flying boats: the top was dark blue-gray and the underside milk-white.
The American paint manufacturer was DuPont and used the numbers Dark Blue Gray DuPont 17-19459 respectively Milk White DuPont 17-021 [Source: Camouflageen Kentekens Badges by JHN Greuter et al.]

Scheme Colour name FS-number RLM Humbrol XtraColor Vallejo Model Color Vallejo Model Air
Delivery Scheme Do-24K-1: X-1 till X-18
Standard #1 Undersides Silver dope     191 / 56 X216 70.864 71.062
Upper surfaces Hollandgrau 103/2   RLM02 92 X201 70.886 71.044
Interior Hollandgrau 103/2   RLM02 92 X201 70.886 71.044
Colour scheme Dornier Do-24 K-1, X-19 and on; and Do-24K-2
Standard #2 Upper surfaces Dark Holland Grey   RLM02 92 X201 / X409 70.886 71.020
Undersides Light Holland Grey     129 X137 70.986  
Last colour scheme Dornier Do-24 K-1 and Do-24K-2
Standard #3 Upper Srufaces Dark Blue Grey abt. 35042 77 X008 70.898 71.091
Undersides Milky White     90 (+ white) X007 (+ white)   71.103 (+ white)

Check www.paint4models.com for an extensive conversion table with lots of colour and paint systems.

Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Delivery scheme of first twelve Dornier Do-24k1, no 20 mm canon.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Delivery scheme Dornier Do-24k1 (X-13 and on), with 20 mm canon.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Second scheme of first twelve Dornier Do-24k1, rudder painted over.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Second scheme Dornier Do-24K1 (X-13 and on), rudder painted over.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Third scheme of first twelve Dornier Do-24K1, with orange triangles and rudder.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Third scheme Dornier Do-24K1 (X-13 and on), with orange triangles and rudder.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Fourth scheme of first twelve Dornier Do-24K1, applied in NEI.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Fourth scheme Dornier Do-24K1 (X-13 and on), applied in NEI.  [Aviolanda never applied this colours on the Dutch Dornier].
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Fifth scheme of first twelve Dornier Do-24K1, no triangle op uppersides of wings; smaller triangle on fuselage and rudder painted over.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Fifth scheme Dornier Do-24k1 (X-13 and on): no triangle op uppersides of wings; smaller triangle on fuselage and rudder painted over.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Sixth scheme of first twelve Dornier Do-24K1: orange triangles replaced by Dutch Flag.
Dornier Do24K1-1A-SMALL
Sixth scheme Dornier Do-24k1 (X-13 and on): orange triangles replaced by Dutch Flag.

 


Literature.

AVIA; 33e jaargang nummer 6: Vliegtuig-Informatie: Dornier Do-24 Thijs Postma & F. Zandvliet Pag. 172 - 173 1974 Uitgevers Wyt, Rotterdam
AVIA; 33e jaargang nummer 8: Lezers schrijven: Dornier Do-24   Pag. 226 1974 Uitgevers Wyt, Rotterdam
Zestig jaar Marineluchtvaartdienst in Beeld.: Hugo Hooftman & Pag. 60 - 63 1977 Uitgever: Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel
Nederlandse Marinevliegtuigen: Thijs Postma & Nico Geldhof Pag. 26, 43 1978 Uitgever: Omniboek, 's Gravenhage
Verkennen en Bewaken Dornier Do-24K vliegboten van de Marineluchtvaartdienst: Nico Geldhof   1979 Uitgever: Afdeling Maritieme Historie van Min.v.Def., 's Gravenhage
Air Enthusiast 21: The cosmopolitan Dornier; Green, William & Swanborough, Gordon Pag. 9 - 20 1983 Uitgever: Pilot Press Ltd., Bromley, Kent
Nederlandse vliegtuigen naar buitenlands ontwerp: Theo Wesselink& PThijs Postma Pag. 42 - 53 1984 Uitgever: Romen Luchtvaart, Haarlem
40 Jaar luchtvaart in Indië: Gerard Casius & PThijs Postma Pag. 53 - 56; 68 - 69 1986 Uitgever: Uitgeverij De Alk, Alkmaar
Vliegen voor de Vloot 70 jaar Marineluchtvaartdienst: Harm J. Hazewinkel & Pag. 26 - 28 1987 Uitgever: Rebo Produkties, Sassenheim
70 Jaar Marine-LuchtvaartDienst: Nico Geldhof & Pag. 44 - 50 1987 Uitgeverij Eisma b.v., Leeuwarden
Van Aviolanda tot Fokker: Wijngaarden, P. van & Pag. 47 - 64 1987 Uitgever: De Klaroen, Alblasserdam
Dornier Do 24 Herinneringen aan een legendarische vliegboot: P. van Wijngaarden & P. Staal Pag. 22 - 51 1992 Uitgever: Bonneville, Bergen nh
Vliegtuigsquadrons 320 en 321 50 jaar: P. Staal & Ron van Basten Pag. 37 1993 Uitgever: Afdeling Maritieme Historie van Min.v.Def., 's Gravenhage
Camouflage en Kentekens J.Greuter e.a.   1997 Bonneville – Bergen (NH)
85 JAAR Marineluchtvaartdienst in beeld Van Farman tot NH 90 Helikopter: Peter Korbee & Pag. 58 - 59 2002 Uitgever: Korbee MLD Promotie, Valkenburg

 

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