Dornier Do 19

The Dornier Do 19 is a German four-engine heavy bomber that first flew on October 28, 1936, and was introduced as the standard heavy bomber in 1937 as the winner of the Long Range Bomber contract.

Design and Development
The Dornier Do 19 is a mid-wing cantilever design, and was mostly metal in construction. It had a rectangular-section fuselage and a tail unit, quite similar to the one fitted to the contemporary British Armstrong Whitworth Whitley medium bomber, with braced twin fins and rudders, mounted on the upper surface of the tailplane. It also has retractable landing gear, including the tail wheel. The power plant is 4 × BMW 132F radial engine, generating 604 kW (810 hp), or 4 x Bramo 322H-2 engine, generating 442 kW (592 hp).

Production Issues
So far the Do-19 has not been produced on a large scale and only a small number of units have entered service in the Luftstreitkräfte because of a lack of a dedicated factory production building like Boeing Plant 2.

General characteristics
Crew: ten, pilot, co-pilot, navigator, bombardier, radio operator and five gunners

Length: 25.4 m (83 ft 6 in)

Wingspan: 35.00 m (114 ft 10 in)

Height: 5.77 m (19 ft)

Wing area: 162 m² (1,744 ft²)

Empty weight: 11,865 kg (26,158 lb)

Loaded weight: 18,500 kg (40,785 lb)

Powerplant: 4 × BMW 132F radial engine, 604 kW (810 hp) each

Performance
Maximum speed: 315 km/h (196 mph)

Range: 1,600 km (994 mi)

Service ceiling: 5,600 m (18,370 ft)

Wing loading: 114 kg/m² (23 lb/ft²)

Power/mass: 0.13 kW/kg (0.08 hp/lb)

Armament
1 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine gun in nose

1 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine gun in tail

1 × 20 mm cannon in dorsal turret

1 × 20 mm cannon in ventral turret

16 × 100 kg (220 lb) bombs