page_title: Dornier Do 17
section_title: Operators and operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Dornier Do 17 / Operators and operational history
caption_attribution_description: English: One of the Dornier Do 17s surviving relics. A stabiliser and rudder of a Do 17 shot down on 28 August 1940
context_page_description: The Dornier Do 17, sometimes referred to as the Fliegender Bleistift, is a light bomber of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was produced by Claudius Dornier's company, Dornier Flugzeugwerke. The aircraft was designed as a Schnellbomber, a light bomber which, in theory, would be so fast that it could outrun defending fighter aircraft.
  The Dornier was designed with two engines mounted on a "shoulder wing" structure and possessed a twin tail fin configuration. The type was popular among its crews due to its handling, especially at low altitude, which made the Do 17 harder to hit than other German bombers.
  Designed in the early 1930s, it was one of the three main Luftwaffe bomber types used in the first three years of the war. The Do 17 made its combat debut in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, operating in the Condor Legion in various roles. Along with the Heinkel He 111 it was the main bomber type of the German air arm in 1939–1940.
context_section_description:  Bulgaria
  The Bulgarian Air Force received 11 Do 17 Ms and Ps in 1940 and at least 11 ex-Yugoslav aircraft in 1941. Six more Do 17 Ms were delivered in 1943. They remained in service until at least 1945.
   Independent State of Croatia
  The Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia (Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske) received at least 21 Do 17Zs (the last 12 in 1945), 11 ex-Yugoslav Do 17Ka's in 1942 and 30 Do 17Es in 1943.
   Finland
  Finnish Air Force
  46 Squadron received 15 aircraft in January 1942:
   Germany
  Luftwaffe
   Hungary
  Royal Hungarian Air Force received one ex-Yugoslavian Do 17Ka-3.
   Italy
  Regia Aeronautica operated at least one ex-Yugoslavian Do 17Ka-3 under 1°Centro Sperimentale in Guidonia, where it was tested until September 1943.
   Romania
  Royal Romanian Air Force received 10 worn Do 17Ms in November 1942.
   Spanish State
  Spanish Air Force received ex-Legion Condor Do 17E, F, and Ps and 13 remained in service after the end of the Spanish Civil War.
    Switzerland
  Swiss Air Force operated a single Do 17Z-2, interned after landing at Basel Airport in April 1940.
   Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  Royal Yugoslav Air Force
   United Kingdom
  Royal Air Force pressed into service two Yugoslav-built Do 17Ks which escaped Yugoslavia carrying King Peter and gold. The aircraft were given the serials AX706 and AX707. Both aircraft were destroyed in an air attack on Ismaïlia airfield on 27 August 1941.
   United States
  United States Army Air Forces obtained at least one Do 17E-1, WkNr 2095. Renamed Axis Sally, it was taken to the United States after the war and tested.
caption: The rudder of a Dornier Do 17 shot down on 28 August 1940.
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