Dornier Do 18

Flying boat

Service Data

In Service: 15 March 1935 to 1945

Production Data

First Flight: 15 March 1935
Manufacturer: Dornier
Number built:

Technical Data

Type: flying boat bomber reconnaissance

Crew: men
Length: 19.25 m
Wingspan: 23.7 m
Wing area: 97.5 m²
Height: 5.40 m
Empty: 5,850 kg
Loaded: 10,000 kg
Engine: 2 × Junkers Jumo 205D 6 cylinder 12 piston liquid cooled opposed piston inline two stroke diesel engine producing up to 850 hp
Maximum speed: 260 km/h
Range: 3,500 km
Service ceiling: 4,200 m
Armament:
1 × 13 mm MG 131 machine gun in the bow position
1 × 20 mm MG 151/20 machine gun in powered dorsal turret
Bomb load up to
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Do 18 D-1
Do 18 D-2
Do 18 D-3
Do 18 G-1
Do 18H
Do 18 N-1

Other: Seaplanes & Flying boats
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Film Clips: Luftwaffe Film Footage

History

The Dornier Do 18 was a twin engines flying boat and bomber, reconnaissance

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Sources

The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822

German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242

Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X

For a complete list of sources