Dornier Do 17 - Operators and Operational History

Operators and Operational History

Bulgaria

• The Bulgarian Air Force received 11 Do 17 Ms and Ps in 1940 and at least 11 ex-Yugoslav aircraft in 1941. Six more Do 17 Ms were delivered in 1943. They remained in service until at least 1945.

Independent State of Croatia

• The Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia (Zrakoplovstvo Nezavisne Države Hrvatske) received at least 21 Do 17Zs (the last 12 in 1945), 11 ex-Yugoslav Do 17Ka's in 1942 and 30 Do 17Es in 1943.

Finland

• Finnish Air Force
  • 46 Squadron received 15 aircraft in January 1942:

Germany

• Luftwaffe

Hungary

• Royal Hungarian Air Force received one ex-Yugoslavian Do 17Ka-3.

Italy

• Regia Aeronautica operated at least one ex-Yugoslavian Do 17Ka-3 under 1° Centro Sperimentale in Guidonia, where it was tested until September 1943.

Romania

• Royal Romanian Air Force received 10 worn Do 17Ms in November 1942.

Spanish State

• Spanish Air Force received ex-Legion Condor Do 17E, F, and Ps and 13 remained in service after the end of the Spanish Civil War.

Switzerland

• Swiss Air Force operated a single Do 17Z-2, interned after landing at Basel Airport in April 1940.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• Royal Yugoslav Air Force

United Kingdom

• Royal Air Force pressed into service two Yugoslav-built Do 17K's which escaped Yugoslavia carrying King Peter and gold. The machines were given the serials AX707 and 707. Both aircraft were destroyed in an air attack on Ismaïlia airfield on 27 August 1941.

United States

• United States Army Air Force operated at least one Do 17E-1, WkNr 2095. Renamed Axis Sally, it was taken to the United States after the war and tested.