4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dornier Do-11: unknown bulgarian official· Public domain
- 2. Dornier Do11 D-AJAL Flying: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Dornier Do11 mitFluegelrad 1936: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. Dornier Do11 mitFluegelrad: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Dornier Do 11 was a German heavy bomber, developed in secret in the early 1930s. It was originally called the Dornier F before being renamed by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) in 1933, and was considered a heavy bomber at the time. It came into service in 1932, a continuation of a line of bomber designs from the Dornier Do P in 1930, and the Dornier Do Y in 1931.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 26.3 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 26.3 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1932-05-07
- introduced
- 1932
- number built
- 372
- role
- heavy bomber
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Dornier
- engines
- 2× Siemens-Halske Sh.22B-2
- length
- 18.8 m
- wingspan
- 26.3 m
- height
- 5.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,200 kg
- top speed
- 260 km/h
- cruise speed
- 225 km/h
- range
- 960 km
- ceiling
- 4,100 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1245808, Wikipedia: Dornier Do 11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.