1/72 Do 215B-5 WWII German Night Fighter ICM 72306

To 215B-5 At the beginning of the 30s, the idea of ​​a high-speed bomber that could outrun modern fighters appeared in the world. One of the objects of this concept was a twin-engine bomber developed by the German company Dornier Flugzeug werke. . From the beginning of 1940, a small series of 105 Do 215V aircraft with liquid-cooled DB 601A engines was produced. In 1941, production of a modification of the Do 215B-5 night fighter began. FuG These powerful fully armed aircraft were fitted with 202 Lichtenstein radars. They served in the night fighter unit 11/NJG 1 until the beginning of 1944.