Dornier Do 17

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World War II aircraft military aircraft twin‑engine light bomber

The Dornier Do 17 was a German World War II twin‑engine light bomber, nicknamed the “Flying Pencil” for its slender fuselage and widely used by the Luftwaffe in the early war years.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Dornier Do 17 E 1
Dornier Do 17 Z 1
Dornier Do 17 bombers 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine light bomber ⓘ
armament bomb load up to around 1,000 kg ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
category 1930s German military aircraft ⓘ
German bomber aircraft ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 4 ⓘ
designFeature narrow fuselage cross‑section ⓘ
shoulder‑mounted wings ⓘ
twin‑tail configuration ⓘ
engineConfiguration twin‑engine ⓘ
era early years of World War II ⓘ
firstFlight 1934 ⓘ
fuselageType slim, pencil‑like fuselage ⓘ
introduced mid‑1930s ⓘ
manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 410 km/h ⓘ
nickname Flying Pencil ⓘ
notableFeature slender fuselage ⓘ
operatorType Axis powers ⓘ
powerplant 2 × Bramo 323 radial engines ⓘ
primaryUser Luftwaffe ⓘ
productionPeriod mid‑1930s to early 1940s ⓘ
range approximately 1,150 km ⓘ
replacedBy Dornier Do 217 ⓘ
Junkers Ju 88 ⓘ
role light bomber ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 8,200 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedAs night bomber in later war years ⓘ
usedBy Croatian Air Force (WWII) ⓘ
Finnish Air Force ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Royal Hungarian Air Force ⓘ
usedInOperation Balkan Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Balkans Campaign

Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Invasion of Poland ⓘ
variant Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dornier Do 17E

Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dornier Do 17F

Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dornier Do 17M

Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dornier Do 17P

Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dornier Do 17Z

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

bombing of Coventry → aircraftUsed → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17 bombers
Dornier Flugzeugwerke → designed → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
Dornier Flugzeugwerke → designed → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17 Z
Dornier Flugzeugwerke → designed → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17 E
Dornier Do 217 → predecessor → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
Flying Pencil → refersTo → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
Luftwaffe → usedAircraft → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
Yugoslav Royal Air Force → usedAircraft → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
BMW 132 → usedInAircraft → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 → variant → Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17E
Dornier Do 17 → variant → Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17F
Dornier Do 17 → variant → Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17M
Dornier Do 17 → variant → Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17P
Dornier Do 17 → variant → Dornier Do 17 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17Z