The "Dornier" pictures of my grandfather

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Hello Volker!
Quite wonderful pictures! I do have tried to identify the flying boat, but got no joy...
Here´s a link to the Dorniers flying boats
http://www.msacomputer.com/FlyingBoa...n-Dornier.html
Could it have been a foreign flying boat captured by the Luftwaffe; or a civilian model also used for VIP or General purpose flights?
Did your father fly on operations? I remember a technician from Siemens and Telefunken that came to Brazil after the war. He told me he was with Hptm Lent when the first FuG 212 were installed. He also mentioned a flight he did with the Me 410 on night-fighter duties being a technician! On that mission they shot down a 4-engined bomber from the RAF. He died some years ago, but I enjoyed talk with him.
It is good to see that you do have interest on the achievements of your family. You came to the correct place. There are a lot of wonderful people here as well as a dozen of very Expert Writters and Historians ( with huges W and H ).
Wish you all the best
From Brazil
Adriano Baumgartner ( with Luftwaffe´s Baumgartners relatives on WW2 too! )

[Volker_DO4NC]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

Hello Volker!
Quite wonderful pictures! I do have tried to identify the flying boat, but got no joy...
Here´s a link to the Dorniers flying boats
http://www.msacomputer.com/FlyingBoa...n-Dornier.html
Could it have been a foreign flying boat captured by the Luftwaffe; or a civilian model also used for VIP or General purpose flights?
Did your father fly on operations? I remember a technician from Siemens and Telefunken that came to Brazil after the war. He told me he was with Hptm Lent when the first FuG 212 were installed. He also mentioned a flight he did with the Me 410 on night-fighter duties being a technician! On that mission they shot down a 4-engined bomber from the RAF. He died some years ago, but I enjoyed talk with him.
It is good to see that you do have interest on the achievements of your family. You came to the correct place. There are a lot of wonderful people here as well as a dozen of very Expert Writters and Historians ( with huges W and H ).
Wish you all the best
From Brazil
Adriano Baumgartner ( with Luftwaffe´s Baumgartners relatives on WW2 too! )

Hello Adriano,

after the mysterious plane seems to be identified, i'd like to tell you that i know very few about what my grandfather did in wartime. There is only one person still alive who could tell me, but she lives far away. I have some photos here that were shot out of a flying plane, but i do not think he went on missions. I think he inspected and repaired crashed or shot-down airplanes for his employer, Dornier. There are no photos showing him in uniform, but sometimes he's pictured with soldiers. I don't think he was a member of the army in the early days of war. For the later days of war i'm missing information; photos of the post-war time are existing.

Greetings to Brazil

Volker