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The D-1925 is on display at the Air Force Association Museum at Bull Creek in Australia. This aircraft is not an original W33, but a 1:1 rebuilt of 1986 made for an ABC Network documentation "Flight into Hell" about the 1932 Europe to Australia flight of Bertram and Klausmann performed with the D-1925. The replicate is a non-flying model with a small Jaguar engine, which allowed some movements of the seaplane, while floating. A 1:4 model was used for flying scenes in the film.
After the filming was finished, the replica was moved to the RAAF Museum. In 1996 it was used again for filming the story of Bertram by the German television.
The original D-1925 was destroyed during the Australia flight, when an emergency landing was performed at the Australian coast site. It took 40 days to rescue Bertram and Klausmann from the Australian desert after this emergency landing. The original aircraft was delivered to Deutsche Luft Hansa in July 1930 and was used in service until February 1931.
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Further reading at the WWW:
Air Force Association Museum (another view of the aircraft)
RAAF Association (with details about Bertram's survival, lots of photos from the filming)
Aero Netshop (with backgrounds about Betram's flight in German)
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