Why Everyone Feared The "Flying Pencil" | Dornier Do 17

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Today we're taking a look at the Dornier Do 17 & 215. This was a light bomber operated by the German Luftwaffe during WW2 and it became famous (or infamous) during the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain as a fast-flying, low-altitude menace.

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Sources:

Kössler.K (1986), Dornier Do 17 - Poetry and Truth [ https://adl-luftfahrthistorik.de/dok/... ]
Goss.C (2020), Dornier Do 17: The 'Flying Pencil' in Luftwaffe Service.
Hooton.E.R (2007), Luftwaffe at War; Gathering Storm 1933-39: Volume 1.
Nowarra.H.J (1990), The Flying Pencil.
Smith.J.R & Kay.A.L (1990), German Aircraft of the Second World War.
Dornier Do17 P Luftwaffe Flugzeughandbuch (1940)
Dornier Do17 E & F Ersatztiel-Liste (1937)


0:00 Intro
1:17 Design Origins, Chasing The Truth
9:26 Prototype Phase
13:53 Do 17 E & F Series
18:02 Service in Spanish Civil War
21:59 Do 17 M & P Series
25:06 Do 17 R, S, & U
28:31 Do 17 Z Series
32:12 War Thunder Promo
35:20 The Polish Campaign
38:50 "Phoney War" & Norway
43:56 Battle of France
49:43 Battle of Britain
53:26 The Blitz Begins
57:35 Night fighter Variants
1:01:11 Do 17 K Series
1:03:34 Do 215 Series
1:05:42 The Balkans & USSR Campaigns
1:09:32 Decline, Retirement, and Wrecks