| Caption | Â Â Â | German Do 17 aircraft and DFS 230 gliders, Italy, 1943 ww2dbase | ||||||
| Photographer | Â Â Â | Macioszek | ||||||
| Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archive | ||||||
| Identification Code | Â Â Â | Bild 101I-565-1407-35A | ||||||
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| Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | ||||||
| Added Date | Â | 19 Nov 2010 | ||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. 
 Bill says:
11 Mar 2011 10:14:51 PM
Do17s were used to tow gliders, after being withdrawn from combat duties that started in 1942 aircraft could belong to I./LLG or
I./Luftandegeschwader-LLG
 Bill says:11 Mar 2011 10:14:51 PM
Do17s were used to tow gliders, after being withdrawn from combat duties that started in 1942 aircraft could belong to I./LLG or
I./Luftandegeschwader-LLG
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Famous WW2 Quote
"All that silly talk about the advance of science and such leaves me cold. Give me peace and a retarded science."Thomas Dodd, late 1945
4 Mar 2011 10:05:54 PM
Do-17E the "Flying Pencil" created as a fast
mail plane, when in reality a fast bomber.
The Do-17 has been overshadowed by the He-111
and the Ju-88, later model Do-17s served as
night-fighters and the roll as bomber.
FOREIGN DORNIERS:
Yugoslavia ordered the Do-17 and rights to licence-production. They would be powered by
French Gnome-Rhone radial engines, and equipped with Belgian machine guns, Hispano 20mm cannon and Czechoslovak cameras for reconnassiance work.
The modifications led to a more capable a/c than early Do-17s used by the Luftwaffe.
When Germany attacked Yugoslavia in 1941 many of the Sixty bombers in service were destroyed on the ground some a/c carried out
bombing attacks against German positions before being lost in combat.
Two a/c escaped to Egypt carrying King Peter
and members of his Government, Seven flew gold to Greece, the Germans captured Eighteen
Do-17s and the Italians captured Two, Eleven were supplied to Bulgaria in 1940, and Eleven ex-Yugoslavia Do-17s in 1941, Eleven to Croatia, Romania Ten, Hungary One Do-17, Switzerland operated One Do-17 interned 1940
The USAAF operated One Do-17 and named her
"Axis Sally" tested after the war.
POST-WAR SURVIVORS:
Bulgaria returned Four to Yugoslavia after WWII, they served into the 1950s until replaced with Russian and Western aircraft.
Finland retired its Do-17s in 1954,
The above file photo, shows an early Do-17E
Model with liquid-cooled engines in Luftwaffe service.