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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Dornier Do 17Z: Wikimedia Commons· Public domain
- 2. Dornier Do 17 Z (1942): SA-kuva is a photograph archive site storing solely photographs from the 20th-century wartimes in Finland. As the last war ended in 1945, all photos from this period and the SA-kuva archive are in PD · Public domain
- 3. Dornier Do 17 restoration project: Dapi89· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Dornier Do 17 restoration project (wings): Dapi89· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 5. Dornier Do 17 rudder: Dapi89 ( talk )· Public domain
- 6. FuG 10 radio Dornier Do 17 Z 1: MKFI· Public domain
- 7. Besatzung einer Do 17 Z (U5 + LM), 4. KG 2, Flugplatz Großostheim, Mai 1940 (1): unbekannt - never published by name of a photographer· Public domain
- 8. Dornier Do 17 E-1, III. KG 155 (9. Staffel) Jan. 1939 (2): unbekannt - never published by name of a photographer· Public domain
- 9. Dornier Do 17 M, 2. KG 2, Liegnitz o. Gerdauen, 1939 (2): W-R-Hesse-Fotos· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. Dornier Do 17 Z-2, 15. KG 53 'Kroatenstaffel', 1942: Unknown Unknown· Public domain
what is it?
The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke. Large numbers were operated by the Luftwaffe throughout the Second World War. The Do 17 was designed during the early 1930s as a Schnellbomber ("fast bomber") that was intended to use its speed to outrun opposing fighter aircraft.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · 18 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 18 m: about 4 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
- 1934-11-23
- introduced
- 1937
- retired
- 1952
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2,139
- role
- light bomber, night fighter and reconnaissance aircraft
- makers
- Dornier
- engines
- 2× Bramo 323P
- crew
- 4
- length
- 15.8 m
- wingspan
- 18 m
- height
- 4.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,837 kg
- top speed
- 350 km/h
- cruise speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 8,200 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q156742, Wikipedia: Dornier Do 17 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.