Thread: Do17P a/c with Part of WNr. written on both sides of the nose
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Old 23rd January 2011, 13:15
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Re: Do17P a/c with Part of WNr. written on both sides of the nose
A somewhat belated answer.

Available production/delivery details for the Do 17 P are:
73 Do 17 P-1 assembled by Siebel Flugzeugwerke KG at (I believe) Schkeuditz, assigned W.Nr. 1052 > 1124.
8 Do 17 P assembled by Dornier-Werke GmbH Friedrichshafen (DWF) at (I believe) the Friedrichshafen-Löwental plant, assigned W.Nr. 2419 > 2426.
100 Do 17 P-1 assembled by Henschel Flugzeug-Werke AG at Werk I, Berlin-Schönefeld, assigned W.Nr. 3501 > 3600. Delivered May-38 to Jan-39 (per Materna, 2010).
149 Do 17 P-1 assembled by Abteilung Flugzeugbau der Schiffswerft Blohm und Voss at (I believe) Hamburg-Wenzendorf, assigned W.Nr. 4030 > 4178. Delivered Jan-38 to Sep-39 (per Vajda + Dancey, 1998)
It seems to have been a shared characteristic of the B&V batch to carry the last three digits of the W.Nr. in white, mid-height on the forward port side of the aircraft's nose.
As you can see the only fit between these sequences and '07' is the Henschel batch.

Excepting the Do 17 Z sequences assembled by Henschel and the final DWF sequence the Werk-Nummern given on pages 307/8 of Vajda+Dancey seem pretty reliable.
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