On German bombers

The never much lowed, but still an useful bomber in the LW arsenal was the Do-217. That bomber type finally offered a sizable bomb bay, decent cruise and top speed and more than token defensive armament.

The performance chart for the Do-217E-1, engines BMW 801A, 'Kampfleistung' power setting (30 min rating; up to 1460 PS in low gear, up to 1300 PS in high gear). Germans rarely, if ever, used the 'Notleistung' (~'emergency power', usually a 5 min rating) for their bombers' engines, other than for take off ('Startleistung'). For the early BMWs, that also probably meant that engine reliability was greater than the fighters' engines (801C as equivalent here). (open the pics separately)



The Do-217E-2 introduced a bit a longer bomb bay, meaning that more bombs could be carried internally, or a decent bombload and fuel in the same time (all internally).

Tomo pauk nothing on K or M variant? i like much this later variants

Unfortunately, I was only able to find the performance data for the Do 217N-2, the night fighter variant.
I'll post the table from a book about the Do-217 (for most important variants), though it is not a primary source.

edit: picture

edit2: He-177B-5, the 4 engined one: picture

FLYBOYJ said:

Where? When?

Click to expand...

Been away for a while, but I will dig out my reference material tomorrow about the P38 incident, as well as the Me 262 escort mission(s). I'll post it tomorrow night sometime.

The table about th Do 217 sub types. Some values stated are in collision with other data available (max power at altitude for the BMW 801A, max internal bomb loads), so use the table with grain of salt.

tomo pauk said:

Unfortunately, I was only able to find the performance data for the Do 217N-2, the night fighter variant.
I'll post the table from a book about the Do-217 (for most important variants), though it is not a primary source.

edit: picture

edit2: He-177B-5, the 4 engined one: picture

Click to expand...

People - anybody has the linked pictures saved?