Dornier Do 217 -A Combat and Photographic Record in Luftwaffe Service 1941-1945

Description: I will post package on Monday. This is a book from my own book collection. I protected all dust jacket for hardcover books with clear plastic. These will protect the dust jacket forever, keeping it in new condition for the life of the book. These are especially handy for the large oversize books whose jackets easily get torn as you might have noticed when browsing in bookstores. Condition Like new. ISBN 9781906537586 Book Title Dornier Do 217 :A Combat and Photographic Record in Luftwaffe Service 1941-1945 Publisher Crecy Publishing Item Length 12 in Publication Year 2022 Format Hardcover Language English Illustrator Yes Item Height 0.8 in Author Chris Goss Genre History Topic Military / World War II, Military / Aviation Item Weight 42.1 Oz Item Width 9 in Number of Pages 184 Pages Book Content:The Dornier Do 217 represented the refinement of German twin-engined bomber design, a progression from the earlier Do 17. From 1941, the Do 217 became the mainstay of the Luftwaffe's bomber arm in the West, equipping four Gruppen for operations over Britain. It carried out day and night attacks on British shipping, coastal targets, towns and industrial centres, both in formation and in lone attacks known to the German crews as 'Pirate' operations. These missions, though achieving some success, were undertaken at considerable cost to the crews of the Do 217s, a measure of the strength of opposition it encountered in the RAF's nightfighter squadrons, improved radar and anti-aircraft defences. As the demand from Germany's battlefronts grew from early 1942, the Do 217, albeit in very limited numbers, was developed into a radar-equipped nightfighter. In the Mediterranean it was used as an effective maritime strike aircraft, launching highly developed stand-off bombs and remotely-controlled glide-bomb weapons in the form of the 'Fritz X' and Hs 293 which accounted for the destruction or damage of several notable warships. It was also used as a night reconnaissance aircraft on the Eastern Front and over Britain in the Luftwaffe's 1942 'Baedeker Blitz'.

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