Dornier Do 217
1940 BOMBER AIRCRAFT FAMILY BY DORNIER
Dornier 217; Do 217; Dornier Do-217; Do-217; Dornier Do 217J
The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful development of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: "flying pencil"). Designed in 1937 and 1938 as a heavy bomber but not meant to be capable of the longer-range missions envisioned for the larger Heinkel He 177, the Do 217's design was refined during 1939 and production began in late 1940.