interesting captured DO-17 photo on e bay

[Peter D Evans]

Hi all...

Originally Posted by edwest

Did anyone notice the landing gear supports in the photo? They appear to be steel tubes and quite atypical.

I don't think that the photo I've reproduced from Luftwaffe Verband does the image any justice Ed. The original image is small and the coarse paper on which it was printed doesn't help. The angle at which this second image is taken also gives us the impression that the main legs appear to be different. An image of a Do17P-1 in William Green's "Warplanes of the Third Reich" [pp119] is also taken from a similar angle and suffers from the same optical illusion. The first image from the eBay link provides us with a much better (and clearer) view of the undercarriage arrangement and from comparison with other Do17's in various books I have looks quite typical for the type...

Cheers

Peter D Evans
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