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Blitz bomber turned burning wreck, the Do 17’s rise and fall

The Dornier Do 17 entered the war as a speed weapon — a bomber designed to strike fast and escape before fighters could respond. In Poland and France, it worked, helping drive the early Blitzkrieg ...
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Dornier Do 17: The Luftwaffe’s Feared “Flying Pencil” of WWII

The Do 17 made its maiden flight on November 23, 1934, and was officially adopted into the operational service of “die Vaterland” in 1937. Classified as a twin-engine light bomber, it was initially ...
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Dornier Do 17 Postcard

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Collotype post card depicting two Dornier Do 17 aircraft in flight sent from Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Germany, to Oberer Graben, Germany; the card, ...
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Dornier Do 17 units of World War 2 Chris Goss ; illustrated by Chris Davey

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Dornier Do 17

Whoever conjured up the proverb “The pen is mightier than the sword” didn’t bother commenting on how the pencil fit into that discussion. Granted, a pencil isn’t generally thought of ...