The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. It was a more powerful development of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: "flying pencil").

Die Dornier Do 217 war ein zweimotoriger Bomber der deutschen Dornier-Werke. Sie stand ab 1938 bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges im Einsatz. Der Entwurf der Do 217 basierte zwar äußerlich auf der Dornier Do 17, war aber in großen Teilen eine Neuentwicklung.

Dornier Do 217 K-1 The Do 217 K-1 was a production night bomber version with the 1560 PS BMW 801L engine.

In December of 1942 a version specifically intended to carry the Fritz X stand-off missile, the Do 217K-2, made its debut. The K-2 introduced extended wing outer panels increasing the span from 62' 4" to 81' 4 1/3".

Dornier Do 217 K To replace the Do 217, the RLM focussed on the He 177 A-3 and A-5 to be the long-range carrier aircraft for missiles, owing to the lack of BMW engines to power the Dornier. The Battle of Stalingrad used up more and more aircrews which prevented them retraining on the Do 217 for glide bomb operations.

Do-217K-2 was the heaviest of all production Do 217s, weighing 16,850 kg. It was specially designed to carry the FX 1400 heavy radio-controlled bomb after the He 111H was found unsuitable for the task. The massive bombs, also known as "Fritz X", were suspended from special holders under the mid-wing.

Do 217 was a World War II medium bomber designed from scratch as a replacement for the venerable Do 17. Dornier recognized shortcomings of its fast Do 17 well before the war. With Junker’s new Ju 88 prototype being superior to the Do 17 in every way, Dornier decided to make a new bomber better than its Do 17, and its Junkers Ju 88 competition.

2019年7月17日 · Versatile bomber, nightfighter, recce-plane which also carried the first guided aerial weapon. The Dornier 217 was the first new German reconnaissance bomber to enter large‑scale service with the Luftwaffe after the beginning of World War II.

Dornier Do 217 K-3 The next variant was the Do 217 K-3. A revised anti-shipping version, the Do 217 K-3 was similar to the K-2 but fitted with improved missile guidance equipment to allow the use of either Fritz-X glide-bombs or Hs 293 missiles. 40 were converted from M-1 airframes. It was given the K-2s larger wings.

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