Gastounet
Airman 1st Class
Another one
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With the English Do17 salvage project going on, here's a rare treat...
A Bulgarian Airforce Do17 assigned to the 1./5. BO (Bomb Group) circa 1941...wish I had a bit more history on this. Might have to do a little digging around and see what I come up with.
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I did find some numbers regarding the RYAF Do17s, they were the Do17K and out of the 60 units, 20 were the Do17K-A2. There was also the Do17K-B2 but I haven't seen how many they had in total. Aparently, there were also 50 licensed Do17Ks built in Yugoslavia. All the Dorniers were assigned to the 63rd and 64th Bomber Group of the 3rd Bomber Regiment. After Germany attacked Yugoslavia, most were destroyed or captured, with seven escaping to Greece and two to Egypt (that served in the RAF as AX706 and AX707). There is also evidence that two escaped to the Soviet Union, too.Don't know for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if this was a former Yugoslav Do-17K. It's known fact that surviving Yugoslav aircraft captured by the Germans were in many cases handed to their allies. Or Bulgarians could have captured this one themselves. Third Bomber Regiment of RYAF equipped with Do-17Ks was operating in southern Serbia and Macedonia during the April War.