Baron von Koenig-Warthausen takes off in the L 20 to fly around the world

  • Date
    11 August 1928
  • Description

    In his Klemm-Daimler L 20 light plane "Kamerad", 22-year-old Baron Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen takes off from Berlin-Tempelhof to fly around the world. For the first leg of his journey, 6,000 km from Berlin - Moscow - Baku - Teheran, he receives the Hindenburg Cup, endowed in December 1927, which the Reichspräsident saw as a means of "heightening interest in competitive flying and encouraging high achievement." The Baron lands back in Germany on 22 November 1929.

Friedrich Freiherr von König-Warthausen with his "Kamerad"  airplane, a Daimler-Klemm L 20
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Friedrich Freiherr von König-Warthausen
Friedrich Freiherr von König-Warthausen, Airplane, Daimler-Klemm L 20
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Friedrich Freiherr von König-Warthausen
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