Jaxon
January 25th, 2011, 12:41
Hi, I am very interested in this ship, which was an earlier type and reworked freighter.
Back then, aircaft where not able to fly over the Atlantic non-stop (beside Zeppelins) and so Lufthansa established a postal route with Dornier WALs and two (later three) Catapult ships.
This is the best site with several first-class pics, I found:
http://www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de/schwarzenfels300.htm
Later, the ship painted grey and used by the AirForce. Note the last pic scuttled in a fjord with three Seaplanes still onboards.
The one, nearly overboard clearly has a roundel painted on the wings - I think, this is very interesting! So Far, I only read about such "mimikri" for the Arados of the Germann Raiders.
Back then, aircaft where not able to fly over the Atlantic non-stop (beside Zeppelins) and so Lufthansa established a postal route with Dornier WALs and two (later three) Catapult ships.
This is the best site with several first-class pics, I found:
http://www.ddghansa-shipsphotos.de/schwarzenfels300.htm
Later, the ship painted grey and used by the AirForce. Note the last pic scuttled in a fjord with three Seaplanes still onboards.
The one, nearly overboard clearly has a roundel painted on the wings - I think, this is very interesting! So Far, I only read about such "mimikri" for the Arados of the Germann Raiders.