The Do 17 fast bomber elicited renewed interest from foreign air forces (after the initial Do 17K series production).

It safely completed testing, but did not attract export orders because it did not offer a notable performance increase over the Do 17Z.

The 18 extant aircraft were embargoed and pressed into Luftwaffe service upon the outbreak of World War II.

Of the versions of the Do 215 that existed, the A-1 bomber with DB 601 engines, and the B-0 and B-1 export machines were both re-equipped with FuG 10 navigation devices for the Luftwaffe.

On the night of 6/7 July 1941, Woltersdorf shot down a Vickers Wellington, but his Dornier was damaged by return fire and crash-landed off the Dutch Coast.

[8] The area where the Dornier came down was named as a seal sanctuary and thus it escaped the attentions of scrap merchants and souvenir hunters.

The Aircraft Recovery Group from the Airwar Museum at Fort Veldhuis in Heemskerk received permission to partially recover the Do 215.

The only missing part of the aircraft is the tail section which lies 70 ft (21 m) to the rear of the main wreckage.

[9] Data from Profile Publications 164, The Dornier Do 17 & 215 and German Aircraft of the Second World War[10][11]General characteristics Performance Armament