The Bremen

473-220 At the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the flight of the Bremen, which took place on April 12th 1928, at Casement Aerodrome. Pic: R.S. 12/4/73 L-R: Dr. H. Groepper, German Ambassador; Mr. John Moore, U.S. Ambassador; and Mr. Morton Maddick, Canadian Ambassador. The first east-west non-stop transatlantic flight, in April 1928, flew from Baldonnel, Ireland to Greenly Island, Canada, in a Junkers W 33 monoplane, the "Bremen". The crew of the Bremen were Capt. Hermann Köhl, Col. James Fitzmaurice and Baron Gunther Von Hünefeld. (Part of the NPA and Independent Newspapers Ireland). (Photo by Independent News And Media/Getty Images)