WOW481 Dornier 215 Night Fighter

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Description

Description

The Dornier Do 215 was a fast light bomber, aerial reconnaissance aircraft and later a night fighter, produced by Dornier originally for export but in the event most served in the Luftwaffe. Like its predecessor, the Dornier Do 17, it inherited the title “The Flying Pencil” because of its slim fuselage.

Series production of the Do 215 A-1 began in 1939. The order, intended for the Swedish Air Force, was halted in August 1939, due to the political situation in Europe with war seeming imminent and unstoppable. The 18 extant aircraft were embargoed and pressed into Luftwaffe service upon the outbreak of World War II.

Some modifications were made and the resulting aircraft were redesignated as Do 215 B-0 through Do 215 B-5. This was the standard production version. According to official figures, a total of 105 Do 215s were produced between 1939 and 1941 by Dornier at its factory at Oberpfaffenhofen. Dornier 215’s were withdrawn from service in 1944.

The night fighter variants were fitted with Lichenstein radar (the radar antennae, rear machine gun and radio antennae are detachable on our model) and were armed with 4 x machine guns and 4 x cannon in the nose, which surely would have had a devastating effect on any unlucky Allied bomber caught in its sights.

Our 1/30 scale model measures 53cm long and 60cm in width and is priced at $1200 plus postage. We only have 1 model available. This particular aircraft was flown by Paul Gildner, a 44 kill Ace who was posthumously awarded the Knights Cross after his death in 1943.

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