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The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil - Germany’s fastest piston fighter came far too late

The Do 335 looked like the answer to Germany’s late-war air combat crisis. It was fast, heavily armed, unusually agile for ...
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Dornier Do 335 A-0 Pfeil (Arrow)

Click to open image viewer. The Dornier Do 335 was one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft ever flown. The Germans claimed that a pilot flew a Do 335 at a speed of 763 km/h (474 mph) in level ...
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Meet the Dornier Do 335 that the Nazis Happily Said Farewell to

Here’s What You Need to Remember: It was innovative in that it featured modern retractable tricycle landing gear, which needed to be reinforced to accommodate the increased weight of the two engines ...
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Nazi Germany’s Dornier Do 335 Pfeil Fighter Was Truly Fast

Here’s What You Need to Remember: During World War II, the German military developed some truly revolutionary aircraft including the Me-163 “Komet,” the only rocket fighter ever produced; the Me-262, ...
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13 Sites, 10 Prototypes, 1 Surviving Arrow: Inside the Do 335’s Scramble to Deploy

Allied bombing forced Dornier to decentralize Do 335 production across 13 sites. Despite chaos and sabotage, ten pre-production aircraft were completed, though only one survives today John Bolton's ...