Dornier Do-J Wal

The Dornier Do J Wal (“whale”) is a twin-engine German flying boat of the 1920s designed by Dornier Flugzeugwerke.

The Do J was designated the Do 16 by the Reich Air Ministry (RLM) under its aircraft designation system of 1933.

Variants

Do J Kas Wal

2x Hispano-Suiza engines, Transport and military flying boat.

Do J Wal

2x Rolls-Royce Eagle IX engines, Transport and military flying boat, Exported to Argentina, Chile and the Soviet Union.

Do J Wal

2x Rolls-Royce Kestrel engines, Transport and military flying boat, Exported to Yugoslavia.

Do J Wal

2x Lorraine-Dietrich engines.

Transport and military flying boat, Used in the Netherlands East Indies

Do J Wal

2x Renault engines

Do J Wal

2x Farman 12Wer engines.

Do J Wal

2x Napier Lion V engines

Do J Wal

2x Rolls-Royce Eagle engines. Passenger carrying flying boat.

Do J Wal

2x Isotta-Fraschini Asso

Do J Wal

2x Fiat A.22 R engines.

Do J Gas Wal

2x Gnôme-Rhöne Jupiter engines.

Do J Bas Wal

2x BMW VI engines

Do J II Wal

2x BMW VI engines

Do J II Wal

2x Siemens Jupiter engines

Do J II Bas Wal

2x BMW VI engines, Passenger carrying flying boat.

Do J IIa Bos Wal

2x BMW VI engines, Post carrying flying boat.

Do J IIaK Bos Wal

2x BMW VI engines, Used for catapult-launched Atlantic crossings.

Do J IIb Bos Wal

2x BMW VIIa engines, “Grönland”-Wal.

Do J II Ses Wal

2x Siemens Sh 20 engines. 

Do J IId Bis Wal

2x BMW VI engines.

Do J IId Bis Wal

2x Curtiss Conqueror To Colombia

Do J II 16a Bis Wal

2x BMW VI engines. – Dornier Do 16

Do J IId Wal

2x BMW VI engines. – Military-Wal

Do J IIe 16 Bos Wal

2x BMW VI engines

Do J IIf Bos Wal

2x BMW VI U engines

Do O Wal

“Atlantico” and “Pacifico” built by CMASA in Italy.

Do 16

Re-designation of J II military Wal aircraft

Specifications

Crew

Four

Length

18.8 m (61 ft 8 in)

Wingspan

26.3 m (86 ft 3 in)

Height

5.49 m (18 ft 0 in)

Wing area

107.8 m2 (1,160 sq ft)

Empty weight

5,978 kg (13,179 lb)

Max take-off weight

8,200 kg (18,078 lb)

Fuel capacity

1,545 l (340 imp gal)

Powerplant

2 × Siemens-Halske Sh.22B-2 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines,

485 kW (650 hp) each for take-off, 447 kW (599 hp) at 1,500 m (4,921 ft)

Propellers

4-bladed fixed pitch wooden propellers

Performance

Maximum speed

260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)

Cruise speed

225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn) at 1,000 m (3,281 ft)

Range

960 km (600 mi, 520 nmi) with 1,545 l (340 imp gal) of fuel

Service ceiling

4,100 m (13,500 ft)

Armament

Guns

3 x manually aimed 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine guns,

1 in each of open nose, dorsal and ventral positions

Bombs

Up to 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of bombs.