Dornier Do 17
Title
Dornier Do 17
Description
An aircraft recognition card with a side drawing of a flying Dornier Do17 and on the reverse three silhouettes and technical details.
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Format
One double sided printed card
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Identifier
MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010015, MDarbyCAH927893-180202-010016
Transcription
[photograph]
Reproduced from “The Aeroplane”
VALENTINE’S “AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION” CARDS
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE and LONDON.
Printed in Gt. Britain.
[page break]
“THE PROFICIENCY TEST” SERIES. No. – 26
THE DORNIER Do 17z2.
GERMAN BOMBER.
Outwardly similar to the Do 215 except for the two 1,000 h.p. Bramo Fafnir 323 air cooled radial motors in place of the liquid cooled DB 601A’s. Heavily armed with six 7.9 m.m. (.311 in.) machine guns – two firing forward, one backwards from top rear position, another backwards from underneath rear and one out of each side window all on moving mountings except lower front which may be 20 m.m. (.787 in.) cannon. Internal stowage of max. 2,210 lb. of bombs; light bombs can be under wings as well. Crew normally four.
Dimensions. – Span, 59 ft.; length, 52 ft. 5 ½ in.; height 15 ft. 9 in.; wing area, 592 sq. ft.; aspect ratio, 5.9.
Weights. – Empty, 11,484 lb.; max. loaded, 19,481 lb.; wing loading, 30 lb. per sq. ft.
Performance. – Max. speed, 275 m.p.h. at 16,400 ft.; range 745 miles with 1,100 lb. bombs at 248 m.p.h. at 14,200 ft.
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THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM “AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION,” ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF “THE AEROPLANE.”
RECOGNITION POINTS. – Shoulder-wing monoplane with little dihedral. Slight taper and rounded tips; angular glazed nose; raised cockpit enclosure; dropped under gun position. Two fins and rudders at ends of tailplane. Underslung nacelles.
Reproduced from “The Aeroplane”
VALENTINE’S “AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION” CARDS
VALENTINE & SONS, LTD.,
DUNDEE and LONDON.
Printed in Gt. Britain.
[page break]
“THE PROFICIENCY TEST” SERIES. No. – 26
THE DORNIER Do 17z2.
GERMAN BOMBER.
Outwardly similar to the Do 215 except for the two 1,000 h.p. Bramo Fafnir 323 air cooled radial motors in place of the liquid cooled DB 601A’s. Heavily armed with six 7.9 m.m. (.311 in.) machine guns – two firing forward, one backwards from top rear position, another backwards from underneath rear and one out of each side window all on moving mountings except lower front which may be 20 m.m. (.787 in.) cannon. Internal stowage of max. 2,210 lb. of bombs; light bombs can be under wings as well. Crew normally four.
Dimensions. – Span, 59 ft.; length, 52 ft. 5 ½ in.; height 15 ft. 9 in.; wing area, 592 sq. ft.; aspect ratio, 5.9.
Weights. – Empty, 11,484 lb.; max. loaded, 19,481 lb.; wing loading, 30 lb. per sq. ft.
Performance. – Max. speed, 275 m.p.h. at 16,400 ft.; range 745 miles with 1,100 lb. bombs at 248 m.p.h. at 14,200 ft.
[drawing]
[drawing]
[drawing]
THESE DRAWINGS, REPRODUCED FROM “AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION,” ARE THE COPYRIGHT OF “THE AEROPLANE.”
RECOGNITION POINTS. – Shoulder-wing monoplane with little dihedral. Slight taper and rounded tips; angular glazed nose; raised cockpit enclosure; dropped under gun position. Two fins and rudders at ends of tailplane. Underslung nacelles.
Collection
Citation
Valentine & Sons, “Dornier Do 17,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 22, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39695.
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