Aircraft · Germany · 1941-1945
Dornier Do 217
bomber / night fighter
A larger, more powerful successor to the Do 17, it served as a level and dive bomber and, fitted with radar and upward-firing cannon, as a night fighter; Do 217s launched the first Fritz X guided bombs that sank the Italian battleship Roma in 1943.
| crew | 4 |
|---|---|
| top speed | 515 km/h |
| bomb load | 4,000 kg |
| produced | ~1,730 |
