Flight, December 1939
SOME GERMAN PROTOTYPES
Machines of all Classes Which Have Remained Unadopted
By H. F. KING
A Big Dornier Bomber
Various references have already been made in Flight to the Junkers Ju 89 four-engined bomber transport which fundamentally ДальшеMore>>>
resembles the Ju 90 commercial machine. A bomber of similar calibre was produced three or four years ago by the Dornier concern under the works number Do 19. The design was not so refined as that of the American Boeing B-17 and the performance with four Bramo radials was quite low. In appearance the machine resembled a big four-engined Whitley.
There was a rumour just before the war that Dorniers are now working on a smaller and very much faster four-engined bomber.
Первый опытный тяжелый бомбардировщик Германии Do 19
Опытный бомбардировщик Do-19 V-1
Dorniers show a model of the Do-19 heavy bomber which has four Bramo engines. The prototype has been flying for about three months.
One of the largest German landplanes was the Dornier Do 19 bomber with four Bramo radials. It will be seen that the machine resembled a scaled-up Whitley.
Bearing something of a resemblance to the Stirling, the German Dornier Do 19 “Ural Bomber” was exactly the sort of four-engined long-range strategic bomber British planners were expecting in droves over the UK should war break out. The Germans felt it was more important to focus on tactical fighters and bombers, and cancelled the Do 19 in April 1937.
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