Flying Pencil

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nickname

Flying Pencil is the nickname of the German Dornier Do 17, a slender-fuselage light bomber used by the Luftwaffe during the early years of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration twin‑engine monoplane ⓘ
aircraftRole light bomber ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType medium bomber ⓘ
armament defensive machine guns ⓘ
internal bomb bay ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
construction all‑metal airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
designer Claude Dornier ⓘ
surface form: Claudius Dornier
firstFlight 1934 ⓘ
fuselageCharacteristic slender fuselage ⓘ
introduced mid‑1930s ⓘ
landingGear retractable landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
nicknamedFor slender fuselage shape ⓘ
notableVariant Do 17E ⓘ
Do 17K ⓘ
Do 17M ⓘ
Do 17Z ⓘ
operator Luftwaffe ⓘ
powerplant two radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser Luftwaffe ⓘ
refersTo Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
retiredFromFrontlineService around 1941 ⓘ
serviceEntryWithLuftwaffe 1937 ⓘ
successor Dornier Do 217 ⓘ
tookPartIn Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Blitz ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
usedAs day bomber ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
night bomber ⓘ
target tug ⓘ
trainer aircraft ⓘ
usedBy Bulgaria ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
usedInPeriod early years of World War II ⓘ
usedInTheatre Balkan campaign ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ

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Dornier Do 17 → nickname → Flying Pencil ⓘ