Latham 47

The Latham 47 was a French twin-engine flying boat designed and built by Société Latham & Cié for the French Navy. The aircraft achieved notoriety in 1928 when aircraft number 47.02 disappeared with the explorer Roald Amundsen on a rescue mission for the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile.

from the French Latham 47 flying-boat he was in, improvised into a life raft, was found near the Tromsø coast.1
Amundsen disappeared aboard a French Latham 47 flying boat in the Barents Sea on June 18, 1928.2
Bjørnøya - Bear Island where the plane, a Latham 47, is assumed to have gone down and where local fishermen might previously have found parts of an airplane engine.3
French Latham 47 flying boat he was in, improvised into a replacement wing-float, was found near the Tromsø coast.4
French Latham 47 flying-boat he was in, improvised into a life raft, which was found near the Tromsø coast.5
Latham 47 - at the time an ultra-modern aircraft.6

Made by Société Latham.

Latham 47 - twin-engined long-range flying boat (1928) Latham 230 - two-seat biplane seaplane (1920s) Latham C-1 - biplane flying boat (1923) Latham HB.7
Latham 47 flying-boat he was in, improvised into a life raft, was found near the Tromsø coast.8
prototype of the Latham 47 which disappeared in 1928 with Roald Amundsen onboard during a rescue mission to the North Pole in search of Umberto Nobile (a memorial to which 9
The Latham 47 was a French twin-engine flying boat designed and built by Société Latham & Cié for the French Navy. Levasseur PL.10 The Levasseur PL.10
Un mémorial À ceux du Latham 47, dû à l'architecte Léon Rey et au sculpteur Robert Delandre a été érigé à Caudebec-en-Caux en 1931.11
Eng 1 Type
Farman 12We
Max Speed Mph
106
Lists
*List of seaplanes and flying boats
Eng 1 Kw
373
Range Km
900
Introduced
1929
See Also
*Roald Amundsen
Gross Weight Lb
15180
Number Built
16
Crew
4
Gross Weight Kg
6886
Armament
462.0
600
Span M
25
Primary user
French Navy
Manufacturer
Société Latham
Range Miles
559
First Flight
1928
Max Speed Kmh
170
Span In
8
Span Ft
82
Met Or Eng
met
Eng 1 Hp
500
Eng 1 Number
2
Category
French military reconnaissance aircraft 1920-1929
Latham aircraft
Seaplanes and flying boats

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