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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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Germany Wasn’t Sad to See the Dornier Do 335 Die

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The United States military captured two of the aircraft at the end of the war, and those were reviewed and tested but the complexity of the aircraft—not to mention ...
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The Nazi fighter with a propeller at each end - Dornier’s 335 Arrow

The Dornier Do 335 was one of the most unusual and fastest piston aircraft of World War II, using a push-pull engine layout to reduce drag while keeping the power of a twin engine design. Built as a ...