History

The Dornier Do217J-1 was an intruder night fighter developed in Germany during World War II. It was based on the Do217E bomber. It began entering service in 1942 and was soon replaced by a radar equipped version.

The Dornier Do-217J-1 was developed from the Do217E which was one of Germany’s main bombers during World War II.

The standard nose was replaced by one with a heavy armament of four cannon and four machine guns.

Initially designed to operate over the United Kingdom, it also had a bomb bay to carry a small bomb load.

Production began in March 1942 and 130 had been made by the end of the year.

It was soon replaced in service by the Do217J-2 which as also fitted with the FuG202 Lichtenstein radar set and heavier armament with the bomb bay removed.

This model represents a Dornier Do217J-1 of II/NJG.2 at Gilze-Rijen, Holland, in March 1942.

Airfix 1/72 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in June 1992.

Data

MODEL: Dornier D0217J-1

ROLE: long range night fighter

TIME PERIOD: 1942-1945

ENGINES: two BMW 801L radial engines of 1,147kw each

WING SPAN: 19m

LENGTH: 17m

GROSS WEIGHT: 17,200kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 515km/h

CREW: 3

ARMAMENT: four 20mm cannon, four 7.92mm machine guns, two 13mm machine guns and eight 50kg bombs

SCALE: 1/72

KIT:

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