Do 17Z-10, WWII German Night Fighter - 1:72 scale model kit

Do 17Z-10, WWII German Night Fighter - 1:72 scale model kit

MARKINGS
Dornier Do-17Z-10, I/NJG2, Gilze-Rijen, October 1940.
Dornier Do-17Z-10, Staffel-kapitan 2./NJG2 Hptm. Erich Jung, Gilze-Rijen, Autumn 1940

MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH): 229 x 250 mm

NUMBER OF PARTS: 155

ln the beginning of З0s it was appeared in the world an idea of high-speed bomber that could outst ip contemporary fighters. Оne of the objectifications of this conception became the twin-engine bomber Do 17 designed bу а German Dornier Flugzeugwerke company.

Since the beginning of 1939 it were produced Do 17Z planes with new “Waffenkopf ” type nose part and air-cooled Bramo 323 Fafnir engines.

ln 1940 it were produced 9 Do 17Z-10 Kauz 11 night fighters. Spanner-Anlage infrared night vision devices were installed in these planes with powerful armament . They served in the night fighter unit 11/ NJG 1 up to the beginning of 1941.