Dornier Do 217
Variants
Do 217 A-0:
Pre-production series with two 1,085 hp DB 601B inline engines, used for reconnaissance missions. Only eight aircraft were built.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 C-0:
Pre-production bomber, DB 601B engines, increased defensive armament. Only four built.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 E-0:
Pre-production bomber with deepened fuselage and powered by two 1,560 PS 1,147 kilowatts (1,538 hp) BMW 801A engines.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 E-1:
Production bomber with five 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine guns and one 15 mm MG 151 cannon for defence.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 E-2:
Bomber with dive bombing capabilities, with three 7.92 mm MG 15s, two 13 mm (.51 in) MG 131 machine guns, one 15 mm MG 151, and a 4,000 kilograms (8,800 lb) bombload.(Click here for additional information)
A Dornier Do 217E-2 bomber, circa 1942.
Do 217 E-3:
Level bomber, seven 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15s and one forward-firing 20 mm MG FF cannon.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 E-4:
BMW 801L engines.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 E-5:
E-4 with extended wingspan, modified on production line with added Kehl radio control gear to launch Henschel Hs 293 missiles.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217G:
In January 1940 Dornier produced a data sheet for a Do 217G with BMW 801 engines with the same airframe as a Do 217E-1. None were builtDo 217H:
Conversion of a Do 217E with DB 601 engines fitted with experimental turbo-superchargers.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217J:
Night fighter based on the Do 217E. Solid nose with four 7.92 mm MG 17 machine guns and four 20 mm MG FFs.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 J-1:
Night intruder version.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 J-2:
Dedicated night fighter. Bomb bays removed.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217K:
Bomber with redesigned forward fuselage with stepped windscreen eliminated, a common World War II German bomber cockpit design concept adopted just before the start of World War II initially on earlier Heinkel bombers (He 111P and 177A). Two 1,560 PS BMW 801L radial engines.(Click here for additional information)
A Dornier Do 217 K, September 1943.
[Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101III-Pachnike-041-24A / Pachnike / CC-BY-SA]
Do 217 K-1:
Standard bomber version.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 K-2:
Extended wingspan with Kehl radio gear to carry Fritz X bombs on underwing racks.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 K-3:
Similar to K-2, but capable of carrying both Henschel Hs 293 or Fritz X.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217L:
Modified version of the Do 217K with rearranged cockpit and defensive armament. Only two built.Do 217M:
Bomber; Do 217K with 1,750 PS 1,287 kilowatts (1,726 hp) DB 603A inline piston engines.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 M-1:
Equivalent to the K-1.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 M-3:
DB 603A-engined equivalent to the K-3.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 M-5:
Kehl radio gear-equipped Henschel Hs 293 carrier with a single missile mounted semi-externally beneath the fuselage.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 M-11:
Similar to the K-2 with extended wingspan, Kehl control gear and Fritz X missiles.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217N:
Night fighter based on the Do 217M. Armament similar to Do 217J but with improved 20 mm MG 151/20 cannons replacing the 20 mm MG FFs plus the addition of four 20 mm MG 151/20s as Schräge Musik.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 N-1:
Similar to J-2.(Click here for additional information)
Do 217 N-2:
N-1 with defensive gun turret and bomb bay equipment removed to reduce weight.(Click here for additional information)
Dornier Do 217 N-2 night fighter without radar.
[Source: luftarchive.de]
Do 217P:
High-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with two 1,860 PS 1,368 kilowatts (1,835 hp) DB 603B supercharged by a D B 605T in the fuselage (the Hohen-Zentrale Anlage, or "HZ" system) with a ceiling of 16,155 metres (53,002 ft). Three Do 217 P-0 pre-production aircraft only.Do 217R:
Redesignated Dornier Do 317 prototypes used as Henschel Hs 293 carriers.
Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - Dornier Do 217
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., New York
Brown, Eric, Captain - Wings of the Luftwaffe, 1979, Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury
Gunston, Bill & Wood, Tony - Hitler's Luftwaffe, 1977, Salamander Books Ltd., London
Donald, David - The Complete Encyclopedia Of World Aircraft, 1997, Brown Packaging Books Ltd., London
Wikipedia - Dornier Do 217