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WWII Luftwaffe - Night Fighter Aircraft

Dornier Do217 N-1"Nachtjager"

About Aircraft

The Dornier Do 217 was a bomber used by the German Luftwaffe during World War II as a more powerful version of the Dornier Do 17, known as the Fliegender Bleistift (German: "flying pencil"). Extra fuel tanks were added to the empty bomb bay. For operations over water the heavy night fighters were fitted with lifeboats and radio transmitters. The FuG X with TZG 10 and FuG 16. 

Pilot & Markings

NJG-3, Defence of Reich, 1945

Kit & Construction

1/72 Italeri Kit • Scratch built cockpit details and antenna.
Painted and weathered by airbrush and oil colours
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