In the final months of WWII, Germany fielded a remarkable aircraft unlike any other—the Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil.” Featuring a ...

Today, only a single surviving Dornier Do 335 still exists. It has been restored and is now in the collection of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum.

Yet, often forgotten, even by many aviation buffs, is the Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow), which had the distinction of being the fastest piston-engine fighter developed during World War II.

The Dornier Do 335 “Pfeil” was Nazi Germany’s answer to a fast, multi-role fighter capable of outpacing anything in Allied service. Powered by two Daimler-Benz DB 603 engines—one pulling, ...

The Dornier's damaged fuselage will undergo conservation at RAF Cosford A German World War II bomber salvaged from the English Channel has arrived at an RAF museum where it will undergo the first ...