Introduction
The following is a little history of the original development of this unique and handsome aircraft. The Dornier Do 217 was a later
development of the original Do 17 series of bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. The prototype Do 17 first flew in 1938 and was
not especially successful. Never-the-less development continued and early pre-production Do 217A-O's undertook a variety of
clandestine photo-recon missions over the Soviet Union, prior to the German attack in 1941. Further development of the type
produced the E-2 variant, originally conceived as a divebomber. However trials proved this unpractical and the E-2 was
ultimately used for bombing raids over Great Britain and for antishipping missions over the North Sea and the Atlantic.
