num_pages: 113
description: The Dornier Do 335 was conceived as a high-speed all-weather fighter and represented the pinnacle of piston-engined aircraft design. The Do 335 was a big aircraft weighing just over 10000kg when laden with fuel equipment and pilot yet powered by two Daimler-Benz DB 603 engines it was capable of reaching a maximum speed of 750km/h at 6400 meters making it the fastest piston engine aircraft produced in Germany during World War II.Some forty aircraft were built between late 1943 and the end of the war and it was intended to deploy the type as a day fighter bomber night fighter bad weather interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft all of which were intended to incorporate the latest armament bomb sights communications and radar equipment as well as an ejector seat. Featuring archive photography and specially commissioned artwork this is the full story of the aircraft that the Luftwaffe hoped would turn the tide of the war.
language: English
title: Dornier Do 335
publisher: Osprey Publishing