Dornier Do 215

Do 215
Dornier Do 215 in flight
General information
Type	Light bomber/Night fighter
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Dornier Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Claude Dornier
Primary user	Luftwaffe
Number built	102[1]
History
Manufactured	1939–1941
Introduction date	1939
First flight	1938
Retired	1944
Developed from	Dornier Do 17

The Dornier Do 215 was a light bomber, aerial reconnaissance aircraft and later a night fighter, produced by Dornier originally for export, but in the event most served in the Luftwaffe. Like its predecessor, the Dornier Do 17, it inherited the title "The Flying Pencil" because of its slim fuselage. The successor of the Do 215 was the Do 217.