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 ...

Dornier Do 17 Initial History and Specifications The Do 17 made its maiden flight on November 23, 1934, and was officially adopted into the operational service of “ die Vaterland ” in 1937.

An electrician by trade, Champaign's James “Dirt” Dorner has been creating custom-made art from spare Harley-Davidson parts for nearly 20 years — “a very expensive medium,” he says.

Initially designed without machine guns, later, it was decided to incorporate a dorsal MG 15 and another ventral one. In reality, the Dornier would also become outdated, and although it participated ...

It wasn’t! Would you call the Dornier Do 217 or the Tupolev Tu-2 or the Vickers Wellington vulnerable? Why is it that only Japanese aircraft have this reputation? Would you say it was the worst ...

New ABC7 true crime documentary 'The Manhunt for Christopher Dorner' looks back at the story of the shootings and the ex-cop's deadly rampage.

With a gross weight of 49,000 kg (108,027 lb), the Dornier undercuts a modern jetliner by as much as 31,100 kg (68,650 lb). It owes this to a lightweight but durable hull made of a novel German ...

Utilizing vectored thrust and coupled engines that could individually power both propellers, the Dornier Do-29 broke new ground in STOL engineering. [Photo: Jason McDowell] Since it was founded in ...

Italian Tek divers have found the wreck of a German Dornier Do 24 flying boat from World War II in the Mediterranean Sea. The divers have located the wreck of the German Dornier Do 24 flying boat at a ...

By the afternoon, six Dornier Do 217 medium bombers found the flotilla. They climbed to over 18,000 feet and dropped their payloads. To the complete shock of the Italians, the bombs actually ...

The Luftwaffe dispatched a force of Dornier Do-217 bombers to deal with the Italian ships. As the bombers approached, the Italians were unsure whether the Germans meant to attack or just intimidate.