Do 17 family
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The Do 17 family is a series of German World War II twin‑engine bombers and reconnaissance aircraft developed by Dornier and widely used by the Luftwaffe in the early years of the war.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft family
ⓘ
military aircraft family ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
bomber
ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType |
medium bomber
ⓘ
twin‑engine monoplane ⓘ |
| airForceBranch |
German Luftwaffe bomber arm
ⓘ
German Luftwaffe reconnaissance arm ⓘ |
| airframeConfiguration | twin‑engine shoulder‑wing monoplane ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| construction | all‑metal stressed‑skin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crewSize | typically 3 to 4 ⓘ |
| designedFor | high‑speed bomber role ⓘ |
| designedIn | 1930s ⓘ |
| developedBy | Dornier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin‑engine ⓘ |
| firstFlightPeriod | mid‑1930s ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tail‑wheel landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknamed | Fliegender Bleistift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nicknamedInEnglish | Flying Pencil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
narrow frontal area for higher speed
ⓘ
slender fuselage ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
Dornier Do 17E
NERFINISHED
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Dornier Do 17F NERFINISHED ⓘ Dornier Do 17M NERFINISHED ⓘ Dornier Do 17P NERFINISHED ⓘ Dornier Do 17Z NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
German Luftwaffe bomber units
ⓘ
German Luftwaffe reconnaissance units ⓘ |
| operator |
Finnish Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Hungarian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugoslav Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Luftwaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sawActionIn |
Battle of Britain
NERFINISHED
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Battle of France NERFINISHED ⓘ Invasion of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor | Dornier Do 217 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
day bomber
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maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ night bomber ⓘ photo‑reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| usedBy | Luftwaffe ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod | early years of World War II ⓘ |
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