{"id":8679819,"date":"2026-08-02T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=8679819"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:04:24","slug":"bremen-1928-first-east-west-atlantic-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/fr\/bremen-1928-first-east-west-atlantic-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic Crossing Nobody Remembers"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Everyone remembers Charles Lindbergh. Almost nobody remembers the three men who, a year later, flew the Atlantic the hard way &mdash; against the wind, from Europe to America &mdash; and nearly died doing it. Their aircraft was called the Bremen, and their forgotten flight was in many ways a braver piece of airmanship than the one that made Lindbergh a legend.<\/p>\r\n<p>On 12 April 1928 they lifted off from a field outside Dublin. Thirty-six hours later they came down on a frozen pond on a tiny island off the coast of Canada, with barely two hours of fuel left &mdash; and made history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#333\">Informations cl\u00e9s<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;line-height:1.8\">\r\n<li><strong>A\u00e9ronef:<\/strong> the Bremen, a Junkers W 33 monoplane<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Achievement:<\/strong> first non-stop east-to-west aeroplane crossing of the Atlantic<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Dates :<\/strong> 12&ndash;13 April 1928; about 36.5 hours in the air<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>\u00c9quipage:<\/strong> Hermann K\u00f6hl, Baron von H\u00fcnefeld, and James Fitzmaurice<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>From \/ to:<\/strong> Baldonnel, Dublin to Greenly Island, Canada<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Why it was hard:<\/strong> flown against the prevailing Atlantic headwinds<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>L&#039;avion :<\/strong> survives, preserved at Bremen Airport<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The frontier after Lindbergh<\/h2>\r\n<p>Lindbergh had crossed from New York to Paris in 1927, riding the prevailing west-to-east winds. Flying the other way, into those same winds, was a far deadlier proposition &mdash; and it had already killed. In 1927 alone, ten attempts to fly the Atlantic east-to-west had failed, costing seven lives. The westbound crossing was aviation&rsquo;s next great frontier, and a lethal one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bnojekesgK8\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The east-to-west crossing, made against prevailing winds, was more difficult than a flight from North America to Europe.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>HISTORY<\/strong> &mdash; on the Bremen<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">An unlikely trio<\/h2>\r\n<p>The crew was as improbable as the mission. Hermann K\u00f6hl was a German pilot who had flown bombers in the First World War. Baron Ehrenfried G\u00fcnther von H\u00fcnefeld was the aristocratic sponsor who owned the aircraft &mdash; a frail man once rejected by the air service on medical grounds. And Commandant James Fitzmaurice was the commanding officer of the fledgling Irish Air Corps, a former RAF flier who had joined the venture at the last stage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=474157079  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:W6cm.c999\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/bremen-crew-ocean-fliers-1928.jpg\" alt=\"The crew of the Bremen after their ocean flight\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Bremen&rsquo;s crew &mdash; German airmen K\u00f6hl and von H\u00fcnefeld and Ireland&rsquo;s James Fitzmaurice &mdash; became instant international celebrities. Photo: Bundesarchiv \/ Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>They took off from Baldonnel Aerodrome outside Dublin at 05:38, the Bremen groaning under some five tonnes of aircraft and 520 gallons of petrol, while the crowd cheered and, in an Irish touch, splashed holy water after them.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Lost over the ice<\/h2>\r\n<p>For much of the way the winds were kind. Then, around 900 miles from Newfoundland, the weather closed in and the compasses began to misbehave. The Bremen was blown far off its intended course, groping blind over a grey ocean and then a white wilderness of ice and rock. When the fuel gauges dropped toward empty, K\u00f6hl put the aircraft down on a frozen pond beside a lighthouse on Greenly Island, off the Labrador coast. The landing wrecked the undercarriage, but all three men climbed out unhurt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;Good old Bremen, you brought us through, and now we have to leave you on the last, easiest lap.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Commandant James Fitzmaurice<\/strong> &mdash; on Greenly Island, April 1928<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1816010761  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:W6cm.c999\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/greenly-island-1928-rescue-map.png\" alt=\"A 1928 map of the Bremen relief expeditions to Greenly Island\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A period map of the relief expeditions sent to the stranded fliers on Greenly Island, April 1928. Image: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Sixty journalists on a frozen island<\/h2>\r\n<p>Word of the landing electrified the world. The bush pilot Duke Schiller was first to reach the marooned crew; another Canadian aviator, Rom\u00e9o Vachon, flew in with a pack of reporters, and before long some sixty journalists were crowded onto the little island to file the story. When the airmen finally reached New York, the city gave them a ticker-tape parade. For a brief, dazzling moment, K\u00f6hl, von H\u00fcnefeld and Fitzmaurice were the most famous men in aviation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=148301624  decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:W6cm.c999\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/bremen-1928-irish-celebrations-limerick.jpg\" alt=\"Irish celebrations for the Bremen flight, 1928\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Ireland celebrates the Bremen&rsquo;s success &mdash; Fitzmaurice&rsquo;s home country claimed the flight as its own. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;margin:2em 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FIrlMade%2Fvideos%2F781563083158545%2F&show_text=true&width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"620\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>The Bremen itself survives, lovingly preserved at the airport of the German city it was named after. The flight, sadly, does not live on the way Lindbergh&rsquo;s does &mdash; which is exactly why it is worth remembering the three men who beat the Atlantic at its most stubborn, and walked away across the ice.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"font-style:italic;color:#777;font-size:14px;margin-top:24px\">Sources: Wikipedia; HISTORY; Smithsonian Magazine; The Irish Times; World Air Sports Federation (FAI); Ask About Ireland.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Articles similaires<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wrong-way-corrigan-flew-atlantic-1938\/\">Wrong Way Corrigan: The Pilot Who &ldquo;Accidentally&rdquo; Flew the Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/short-mayo-composite-piggyback-atlantic-1938\/\">Un avion \u00e0 dos d&#039;avion qui a travers\u00e9 l&#039;Atlantique<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone remembers Charles Lindbergh. 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