Do215 was the serial designation assigned to the export version of the Dornier Do17Z. It was powered by the Daimler Benz 601 A-1 in-line engine which made it some 66kph faster than the radial engined Z-2. With its higher performance it was initially decided to use the Do 215 in the bomber/long-range reconnaissance role as the B-1/3 and the purely reconnaissance model B-2/4.
The B-4 housed Rb20/30 and Rb50/30 cameras in the crew compartment and a pod under the fuselage, with an extra fuel tank being installed in the bomb bay to increase range. On Aldertag the Luftwaffe had approximately twenty B-4s available for action; subsequently nine were shot down during the Battle of Britain.
DO215B-4 G2+JH served with 4./Aufklärungsgruppe Ob. d. L. (long range recon unit). On 30th August 1940 the aircraft was intercepted by the RAF off the coast of Norfolk and shot down with the crew lost. Sgt A D Smith of 66 Sqn based at RAF Coltishall claimed a share of the kill but the other aircraft involved is unknown.
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