Dornier Do 17

E8287

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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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Dornier Do 17 canonical	16
Do 17M/Do 17P series	1
Dornier Do 17 (some variants)	1
Dornier Do 17 E	1
Dornier Do 17 Z	1
Dornier Do 17 bomber	1
Dornier Do 17 bombers	1
Dornier Do 17 early variants	1
Dornier Do 17 family	1
Dornier Do 17E	1
Dornier Do 17F	1
Dornier Do 17M	1
Dornier Do 17P	1
Dornier Do 17Z	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 (29)

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

Battle of Britain → primaryGermanBomberAircraft → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ

Luftwaffe → usedAircraft → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ

bombing of Coventry → aircraftUsed → Dornier Do 17 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dornier Do 17 bombers