Dornier DO 317
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Dornier DO 317
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A starboard side view of a Dornier DO 317
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One b/w photograph on an album page
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PThomasAF20060044
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[Photograph]
Dornier Do 317.
In July 1939 the Luftwaffe issued its ‘Bomber B’ specification with the aim of carrying medium bomber design a significant step forward. It stipulated the aircraft had to have a range of 2237 miles to give it a radius of action sufficient to encompass the entire British Isles from bases it assumed would be available in Norway & France. A maximum speed of 373 mph., an altitude of 23000 feet & a bomb load of 4410lbs. It had to carry a crew of three or four, possess a loaded weight of about 44000lbs & be of twin engines configuration. The real radical demand of the specification was that the accomadation [sic] for the crew should be pressurised, & the use of remotely controlled barbettes to house the defensive armament. Several prototypes were built but production as such never took place.
Dornier Do 317.
In July 1939 the Luftwaffe issued its ‘Bomber B’ specification with the aim of carrying medium bomber design a significant step forward. It stipulated the aircraft had to have a range of 2237 miles to give it a radius of action sufficient to encompass the entire British Isles from bases it assumed would be available in Norway & France. A maximum speed of 373 mph., an altitude of 23000 feet & a bomb load of 4410lbs. It had to carry a crew of three or four, possess a loaded weight of about 44000lbs & be of twin engines configuration. The real radical demand of the specification was that the accomadation [sic] for the crew should be pressurised, & the use of remotely controlled barbettes to house the defensive armament. Several prototypes were built but production as such never took place.
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“Dornier DO 317,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/23179.
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