Dornier Do 17

Dornier Do 17 in flight.

The Dornier Do 17 is a Nazi German military aircraft. It was used for the World War II as a bomber, night fighter, and reconnaissance plane. It's a twin-engines aircraft. It was used by Luftwaffe for Battle of France and after Battle of Britain. Maiden flight in 1934. More than 2100 examples were built. Do 217 and Do 317 are modern variants of it.

It was nicknamed the “flying pencil” for its thin fuselage. It’s successors, the Do-215 and Do-217, would inherit this nickname.

Dornier Do 17 Media

The Do 17 carried one pilot; to his right sat one of two gunners
FuG 10 radio set
Dornier Do 17E in Sicily with DFS 230 gliders, 1943
Do 17Z in the Soviet Union, winter 1941–42 showing its sleek, pencil-like, outline
A Bramo 323 radial engine is serviced in front of a D 17
Do 17Z of the Finnish Air Force, January 1942
The Do 17 could carry an internal 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) bomb load, either 20 × 50 kg (110 lb) or 4 × 250 kg (551 lb) bombs
Do 17Z-2s over France, summer 1940
Dornier Do 17Z-10 night fighter with FuG 202 Lichtenstein B/C UHF radar
The Do 17Z was the most produced variant of the Do 17 series

Mondey, David (1996). Axis Aircraft of World War II. Chancellor Press, London. ISBN 1851529667.

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