When Italy surrendered to the Allies, Germany sent a brutal message. Armed with history’s first precision-guided bombs, the Dornier Do 217s attacked their former ally’s fleet with terrifying ...

The Dornier Do 217 was a late development of the original Do 17 "Flying Pencil" twin-engine bomber of Battle of Britain renown. The Do 217 N-2 was the latest and most potent of all the 217 series.

Dornier DO 217. It flew slowly over us in a northerly direction towards London. Then we saw its bomb doors open and counted five bombs failing out with Ewell East railway station as the target.

The Dornier Do 217 was a late development of the original Do 17 "Flying Pencil" twin-engine bomber of Battle of Britain renown. The Do 217 M was one of the latest versions of this venerable series ...