Review of Dornier Do 17/Do 215
Author: Marek J. Murawski
Kagero Monographs 3060
ISBN: 978-83-64596-33-9
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $24.95
ISBN: 978-83-64596-33-9
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $24.95
HISTORY:
The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift ("flying pencil"), was a World War II German light bomber produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke. It was designed as a Schnellbomber ("fast bomber"), a light bomber which, in theory, would be so fast that it could outrun defending fighter aircraft.
The Dornier was designed with two engines mounted on a "shoulder wing" structure and possessed a twin tail fin configuration. The type was popular among its crews due to its handling, especially at low altitude, which made the Do 17 harder to hit than other German bombers.
Designed in the early 1930s, it was one of the three main Luftwaffe bomber types used in the first three years of the war.
The Do 17 made its combat debut in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, operating in the Condor Legion in various roles. Along with the Heinkel He 111 it was the main bomber type of the German air arm in 1939–1940.
The Dornier was used throughout the early war, and saw action in significant numbers in every major campaign theatre as a front line aircraft until the end of 1941, when its effectiveness and usage was curtailed as its bomb load and range were limited.
Production of the Dornier ended in the summer of 1940, in favour of the newer and more powerful Junkers Ju 88.
The successor of the Do 17 was the much more powerful Dornier Do 217, which started to appear in strength in 1942. Even so, the Do 17 continued service in the Luftwaffe in various roles until the end of the war, as a glider tug, research and trainer aircraft.
A considerable number of surviving examples were sent to other Axis nations as well as countries like Finland. Few Dornier Do 17s survived the war and the last was scrapped in Finland in 1952.
On 3 September 2010, the Royal Air Force Museum London announced the discovery of a Henschel-built Dornier Do 17Z buried in theThe Do 215 was developed as an export version of the Do 17Z series, and was used as a bomber, reconnaissance and night fighter aircraft.
The Do 17Z was the most produced variant of the Do 17 series
Official figures state 2,139 Do 17s were built on German assembly lines. At the Dornier factory at Oberpfaffenhofen, 328 Do 17Es were built along with a further 77 Do 17Fs and 200 Do 17M variants. Do 17Z production figures for Oberpfaffenhofen stand at 420. At Friedrichshafen, 84 Do 17Ks were built, some of which were sold to the Yugoslav Royal Air Force.
Do 17P production was spread out over different factory lines. At Siebel/Halle, eight were built. At the Henschel factory at Berlin-Schönefeld 73 were constructed. At the HFB plant in Hamburg 149 were built. Henschel also produced some 320 Do 17Zs, HFB contributed to construction of 74 at its Hamburg plant, and another 73 were built at Siebel. Some 105 examples of the Dornier Do 215B was later built at Oberpfaffenhofen.[3]
By 19 September 1938, the Luftwaffe had received 579 Dornier Do 17s. These were mostly Do 17E, F, M and P variants.[50] During 1939–1940, some 475 Dornier Do 17Z bombers, 16 reconnaissance aircraft and nine night fighters were built. Another 100 Dornier Do 215s, an updated variant of the Do 17, were built during this period also
Do 17
A formation of Dornier Do 17Zs, circa 1940
Role
Light bomber, night fighter andReconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer
Dornier Flugzeugwerke
First flight
23 November 1934[1]
Introduction
1937
Retired
15 September 1952 (Finnish Air Force)[2]
Primary users
Luftwaffe
Royal Yugoslav Air Force
Finnish Air Force
Spanish Air Force
Number built
2,139[3]
Variants
Dornier Do 215
THE BOOK:
Kagero is a book publisher based in Lublin Poland.
This book is printed in English. It is 144 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format. It comes in a self-sealing clear envelope.
There are 96 black and white war time photos in the book.
These photos include:
Do 17E-1 rear upper gunner’s station an MG 15 machine gun
Do 17E-1 under construction (2 pictures)
Do 17E-1 engines (2 pictures)
Do 17E-1 radio operator’s station (1 picture)
Do 17E-1 (25 pictures)
Do 17M (26 pictures)
Do 17M cockpit picture
Do 17Ka Yugoslavian version (3 pictures)
Do 17Kb Yugoslavian version (1 picture)
Do 17F (4 pictures)
Do 17Z-1 (47 pictures)
Do 17Z-2 (1 picture)
Do 17 cockpit picture (1 picture)
Do 17 (5 pictures)\
Do 17V-2 (2 pictures)
Do 17V-3 (2 pictures)
Do 17V-4 (1 picture)
Do 17V-7 (1 picture)
Do 17V-8 (1 picture)
Do 17B (1 picture)
Do 17B photo-recon version (1 picture)
Do 17P-2 prototype (1 picture)
Do 17P engine (1 picture)
Do 17P cockpit (1 picture)
Do 17P-2 (26 pictures)
Do 17V under construction (3 pictures)
Do 215 (6 pictures)
Do 215B (7 pictures)
Do 215B-4 (7 pictures)
There are several close up photos of various unit logos
At the back of the book there are line drawing plans:
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17E-0
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17E-1
A 1/72nd 2-view of a Do 17F and illustrations of it’s bulkheads
A 1/72nd scale port view of a Do17Kb-1
A 1/72nd scale 2-view of a Do 17Ka-2
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17P
A 1/72nd scale 5-view of a Do 17M including illustrations of it’s engines, bulkheads and guns
A 1/48th scale 2-view of a Do 17F including illusrations of it’s landing gear and bomb racks
A 1/32nd scale 2-view of a Do 17M including illusrrations of it’s machine guns
A 1/72nd scale 9-view of a Do 17Z-2 including illustrations of it’s bulkheads
A 1/72n scale 2-view of a Do 17Z-3
A 1/72nd scale port view of a Do 17Z-7
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17Z-10
A 1/72nd 5-view of a Do 17B-2 including illustrations of it’s bulkheads
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 215B-4
A 1/48th scale 2-view of a Do 17Z late version including illustrations of it’s landing gear and bombs
A 1/32nd scale 2-view of a Do 17B-5 including illustrations of it’s machine guns
A 1/72nd scale 10-view of a Do 17B-5 including illustrations of it’s machine guns
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17E-o
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17E-1
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17F
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Ka-1
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17M
A 1/96th Scale port view of a Do 17Kb-2
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17P
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17P night-fighter version
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Z-2 late version
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Z-3
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Z-7
A 1/96th Scale port view of a Do 17Z-10
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 215B-2
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 215B-4
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 215B-5
There are full color illustrations at the end of the book and on the back cover. They include:
A port painting of a Do 17P-1
A port painting of a Do 17E
A 5-view painting of a Do 17Z-3
A 5-view painting of a Do 17Z
A 5-view painting of a Do 17Z-1
4 port views of Do 17Z-2’s
A port view of a Do 17Z-3
A port view of a Do 215B-5 night fighter
A port view of a Do 215B-5
A port view of a Do 215B-1
A port view of a Do 215B-4
A port view of a Do 17Z-2
The last page of the book is covered with color cover arts of other books that Kagero publishes.
Highly recommended to aircraft modelers and aviation historians and enthusiasts.
I want to thank the folks at Kagero and Casemate for this review sample. It was sent me from Casemate double-enveloped in padded envelopes
Casemate is the N. American distributor for Kagero books and all Kagero books can be seen on their web site.
The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift ("flying pencil"), was a World War II German light bomber produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke. It was designed as a Schnellbomber ("fast bomber"), a light bomber which, in theory, would be so fast that it could outrun defending fighter aircraft.
The Dornier was designed with two engines mounted on a "shoulder wing" structure and possessed a twin tail fin configuration. The type was popular among its crews due to its handling, especially at low altitude, which made the Do 17 harder to hit than other German bombers.
Designed in the early 1930s, it was one of the three main Luftwaffe bomber types used in the first three years of the war.
The Do 17 made its combat debut in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, operating in the Condor Legion in various roles. Along with the Heinkel He 111 it was the main bomber type of the German air arm in 1939–1940.
The Dornier was used throughout the early war, and saw action in significant numbers in every major campaign theatre as a front line aircraft until the end of 1941, when its effectiveness and usage was curtailed as its bomb load and range were limited.
Production of the Dornier ended in the summer of 1940, in favour of the newer and more powerful Junkers Ju 88.
The successor of the Do 17 was the much more powerful Dornier Do 217, which started to appear in strength in 1942. Even so, the Do 17 continued service in the Luftwaffe in various roles until the end of the war, as a glider tug, research and trainer aircraft.
A considerable number of surviving examples were sent to other Axis nations as well as countries like Finland. Few Dornier Do 17s survived the war and the last was scrapped in Finland in 1952.
On 3 September 2010, the Royal Air Force Museum London announced the discovery of a Henschel-built Dornier Do 17Z buried in theThe Do 215 was developed as an export version of the Do 17Z series, and was used as a bomber, reconnaissance and night fighter aircraft.
The Do 17Z was the most produced variant of the Do 17 series
Official figures state 2,139 Do 17s were built on German assembly lines. At the Dornier factory at Oberpfaffenhofen, 328 Do 17Es were built along with a further 77 Do 17Fs and 200 Do 17M variants. Do 17Z production figures for Oberpfaffenhofen stand at 420. At Friedrichshafen, 84 Do 17Ks were built, some of which were sold to the Yugoslav Royal Air Force.
Do 17P production was spread out over different factory lines. At Siebel/Halle, eight were built. At the Henschel factory at Berlin-Schönefeld 73 were constructed. At the HFB plant in Hamburg 149 were built. Henschel also produced some 320 Do 17Zs, HFB contributed to construction of 74 at its Hamburg plant, and another 73 were built at Siebel. Some 105 examples of the Dornier Do 215B was later built at Oberpfaffenhofen.[3]
By 19 September 1938, the Luftwaffe had received 579 Dornier Do 17s. These were mostly Do 17E, F, M and P variants.[50] During 1939–1940, some 475 Dornier Do 17Z bombers, 16 reconnaissance aircraft and nine night fighters were built. Another 100 Dornier Do 215s, an updated variant of the Do 17, were built during this period also
Do 17
A formation of Dornier Do 17Zs, circa 1940
Role
Light bomber, night fighter andReconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer
Dornier Flugzeugwerke
First flight
23 November 1934[1]
Introduction
1937
Retired
15 September 1952 (Finnish Air Force)[2]
Primary users
Luftwaffe
Royal Yugoslav Air Force
Finnish Air Force
Spanish Air Force
Number built
2,139[3]
Variants
Dornier Do 215
THE BOOK:
Kagero is a book publisher based in Lublin Poland.
This book is printed in English. It is 144 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format. It comes in a self-sealing clear envelope.
There are 96 black and white war time photos in the book.
These photos include:
Do 17E-1 rear upper gunner’s station an MG 15 machine gun
Do 17E-1 under construction (2 pictures)
Do 17E-1 engines (2 pictures)
Do 17E-1 radio operator’s station (1 picture)
Do 17E-1 (25 pictures)
Do 17M (26 pictures)
Do 17M cockpit picture
Do 17Ka Yugoslavian version (3 pictures)
Do 17Kb Yugoslavian version (1 picture)
Do 17F (4 pictures)
Do 17Z-1 (47 pictures)
Do 17Z-2 (1 picture)
Do 17 cockpit picture (1 picture)
Do 17 (5 pictures)\
Do 17V-2 (2 pictures)
Do 17V-3 (2 pictures)
Do 17V-4 (1 picture)
Do 17V-7 (1 picture)
Do 17V-8 (1 picture)
Do 17B (1 picture)
Do 17B photo-recon version (1 picture)
Do 17P-2 prototype (1 picture)
Do 17P engine (1 picture)
Do 17P cockpit (1 picture)
Do 17P-2 (26 pictures)
Do 17V under construction (3 pictures)
Do 215 (6 pictures)
Do 215B (7 pictures)
Do 215B-4 (7 pictures)
There are several close up photos of various unit logos
At the back of the book there are line drawing plans:
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17E-0
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17E-1
A 1/72nd 2-view of a Do 17F and illustrations of it’s bulkheads
A 1/72nd scale port view of a Do17Kb-1
A 1/72nd scale 2-view of a Do 17Ka-2
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17P
A 1/72nd scale 5-view of a Do 17M including illustrations of it’s engines, bulkheads and guns
A 1/48th scale 2-view of a Do 17F including illusrations of it’s landing gear and bomb racks
A 1/32nd scale 2-view of a Do 17M including illusrrations of it’s machine guns
A 1/72nd scale 9-view of a Do 17Z-2 including illustrations of it’s bulkheads
A 1/72n scale 2-view of a Do 17Z-3
A 1/72nd scale port view of a Do 17Z-7
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 17Z-10
A 1/72nd 5-view of a Do 17B-2 including illustrations of it’s bulkheads
A 1/72nd scale 3-view of a Do 215B-4
A 1/48th scale 2-view of a Do 17Z late version including illustrations of it’s landing gear and bombs
A 1/32nd scale 2-view of a Do 17B-5 including illustrations of it’s machine guns
A 1/72nd scale 10-view of a Do 17B-5 including illustrations of it’s machine guns
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17E-o
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17E-1
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17F
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Ka-1
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17M
A 1/96th Scale port view of a Do 17Kb-2
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17P
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17P night-fighter version
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Z-2 late version
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Z-3
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 17Z-7
A 1/96th Scale port view of a Do 17Z-10
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 215B-2
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 215B-4
A 1/96th scale port view of a Do 215B-5
There are full color illustrations at the end of the book and on the back cover. They include:
A port painting of a Do 17P-1
A port painting of a Do 17E
A 5-view painting of a Do 17Z-3
A 5-view painting of a Do 17Z
A 5-view painting of a Do 17Z-1
4 port views of Do 17Z-2’s
A port view of a Do 17Z-3
A port view of a Do 215B-5 night fighter
A port view of a Do 215B-5
A port view of a Do 215B-1
A port view of a Do 215B-4
A port view of a Do 17Z-2
The last page of the book is covered with color cover arts of other books that Kagero publishes.
Highly recommended to aircraft modelers and aviation historians and enthusiasts.
I want to thank the folks at Kagero and Casemate for this review sample. It was sent me from Casemate double-enveloped in padded envelopes
Casemate is the N. American distributor for Kagero books and all Kagero books can be seen on their web site.