Do 335 A-0

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The Do 335 A-0 was a pre-production version of the German Dornier Do 335 Pfeil heavy fighter, used for testing and evaluation late in World War II.

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instanceOf German military aircraft ⓘ
World War II aircraft ⓘ
pre-production aircraft variant ⓘ
aircraftRole fighter-bomber test platform ⓘ
heavy fighter ⓘ
aircraftType single-seat fighter ⓘ
airForceBranch Luftwaffe test units ⓘ
airframeBasis Dornier Do 335 A-series ⓘ
armamentConfiguration nose-mounted cannon (test fit, similar to A-1) ⓘ
category experimental military aircraft ⓘ
prototype and pre-production aircraft ⓘ
configuration push-pull propeller arrangement ⓘ
tandem-engine layout ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
derivedFrom Dornier Do 335 V-series prototypes ⓘ
designBureau Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
developmentStage pre-production ⓘ
ejectionSystem explosive bolts for tail fin and rear propeller (crew escape system family feature) ⓘ
engineModel Daimler-Benz DB 603 ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
firstFlightPeriod late World War II ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the fastest piston-engined fighter designs tested by Germany ⓘ
introduced late in World War II ⓘ
landingGear retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Dornier ⓘ
linked to: Dornier aircraft
notableFeature very high speed for a piston-engined fighter ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operationalUse limited, mainly evaluation flights ⓘ
partOf Dornier Do 335 Pfeil program ⓘ
powerplantLayout one engine in nose and one in rear fuselage ⓘ
primaryUser Luftwaffe ⓘ
programPurpose to validate design before full-scale production of Do 335 A-1 ⓘ
propulsionType piston-engined aircraft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Do 335 A-1 ⓘ
tailConfiguration cruciform tail with rear propeller clearance ⓘ
usedBy Germany ⓘ
usedFor operational trials ⓘ
testing and evaluation ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

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Dornier Do 335 Pfeil → variant → Do 335 A-0 ⓘ