Dornier Do 18
| Dornier Do 18
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| Description
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| Role | Bomber & reconnaissance
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| First Flight |
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| Entered Service | 1935
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| Manufacturer | Dornier
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| Dimensions
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| Length | 19.2 m | 63ft 0in
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| Wingspan | 23.7 m | 77ft 9in
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| Height | 5.4 m | 17ft 9in
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| Wing Area | 98 m² | 1,055 ft²
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| Weights
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| Empty | kg | lbs
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| Loaded | 9,980 kg | 22,000 lbs
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| Maximum takeoff | kg | lbs
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| Powerplant
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| Engine | 2 × Junkers 205 diesel
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| Power (each) | 450 kW | 600 hp
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| Performance
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| Maximum speed | 249km/h | 155mph
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| Combat range | 3,220 km | 2,000 miles
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| Ferry range | km | miles
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| Service ceiling | 4,270 m | 14,000 ft
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| Rate of climb | m/min | ft/min
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| Wing loading | 101.8 kg/m² | 20.9 lb/ft²
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| Power/Mass | 0.09 kW/kg | 0.055 hp/lb
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| Armament
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| Guns | 2 machine guns
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| Bombs |
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The Dornier Do 18 was a development of the Dornier Do 15 "Wal" flying-boat. Introduced by Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1935, its records included a non-stop 5,200 mile (8350 km) flight from Start Point, Devon to Caravellas in Brazil.
In Luftwaffe service it was obsolete by the outbreak of World War II, but a few were used on North Sea reconnaissance missions. It was highly vulnerable to British interceptors and was soon withdrawn from service. A Do 18 is believed to have been the first German aircraft destroyed during the war, downed by a Blackburn Skua on September 26, 1939.
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