Aircraft · Germany · 1937-1943
Dornier Do 17
light bomber
Nicknamed 'the Flying Pencil' for its slender fuselage, the Do 17 was a fast, twin-engined bomber that formed a core part of the Luftwaffe's Blitzkrieg force in Poland and France before proving too lightly armed and armoured for the Battle of Britain.
| crew | 4-5 |
|---|---|
| top speed | 410 km/h |
| bomb load | 1,000 kg |
| produced | 2,139 |
