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The Messerschmitt M 24, otherwise known as the BFW M.24, was an
airliner
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developed in
Germany
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in the late 1920s
[Taylor 1989, 651] as a further development in the series of designs produced by Messerschmitt, based on the
M 18.
[''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'', 2459] Like the M 18 and its follow-on, the
M 20, it was a high-wing
cantilever
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monoplane
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with a fully enclosed
cabin and fixed
tailwheel undercarriage
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. It was slightly smaller than the M 20, seating only eight passengers instead of the ten that could be carried by the previous aircraft.
Two
prototype
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s were initially built with
BMW and
Junkers
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inline engines, followed by two more with BMW-built
Pratt & Whitney
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radial
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s. However, Messerschmitt proved unable to sell the design, possibly due at least in part to the enmity of
Deutsche Luft Hansa
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director
Erhard Milch
Erhard Milch (30 March 1892 – 25 January 1972) was a German general field marshal (''Generalfeldmarschall'') of Jewish heritage who oversaw the development of the German air force (''Luftwaffe'') as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany foll ...
towards Messerschmitt.
[Szegeti 1998, 74]
The first M 24a (Junkers-engined, registered ''D-1767'') was used commercially from 1930 by Nordbayerische Verkersflug on the Dresden-Chemnitz-Plauen-Nuremberg route, until it was lost in 1934.
[Smith 1971 p.27]
Variants
*M 24a - prototypes with
BMW V
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a and
Junkers L5
The Junkers L 5 was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine for aircraft built in Germany during the 1920s. First run in 1925, it was a much enlarged development of the Junkers L2.
Design and development
The Junkers L5 was a development of J ...
G engines (two built)
*M 24b - prototypes with
BMW-built
Pratt & Whitney Hornet
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engines (two built)
Specifications (M 24b)
Notes
References
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