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Old 25th April 2021, 13:31
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Re: Do 217 Update

Same here-ended its days on fire in the back of the garden (bit like many real Do 217s albeit not in back garden). I always through it was grey plastic?
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I think you might be disappointed about the potency!
Why so? Several books (such as Cescotti's Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft) suggests it had very good performance, heavish bomb load and it was well-designed for mass-production. Perhaps not a great AEROplane, but a very good WARplane.
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Jukka-you will have to read the book to come to your own decisions perhaps? Performance is one aspect potency another
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Suggest you ask this in another posting as this thread is about the Do 217 in combat
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