Yugoslavia ordered 10 Do D Bas in 1927, 14 more in 1929. 5 more built for the DVS, DVL and Lufthansa as trainers
Type Werk.Nr Registration History
Kawanishi K-8 J-COMN Export to Japan. The first “Do D” was a unique special construction for the Japanese licensee Kawasaki Dockyard & Co. Ltd in Kobe. Because the primary mission of the “Do D” was to be torpedo attack it was necessary to replace the usual diagonal bracing of the floats by a new construction to permit free fall of the ventrally mounted load.
Construction and assembly of the for Japan destined “Do D” with a Rolls Royce “Eagle” engine, front radiator and forward mounted cockpit could be completed in 1924. After some test flights official handing-over to the Japanese commission occurred October 29th 1924 at Manzell. Date of the official first flight is not known.
In 1925 the “Do D” participated in a competition held by the Japanese Navy, in result being the only aircraft able to fulfill all of the very difficult conditions. Despite this success Kawasaki couldn’t get an order from the Japanese Navy administration.
Do D Bas 131
Do D Bas 132
Do D Bas 133
Do D Bas 134
Do D Bas 135
Do D Bas 136
Do D Bas 137
Do D Bas 138
Do D Bas 139
Do D Bas 140
Do D Bas 141
Do D Bas 186 D-1541 To DVL e. V., Adlershof in June 1929. Destroyed inFebr. 1932
Do D Bas 187 D-1597 To DVS in April 1929. Dismantled in Sept. 1931
Do D Bas 188 D-1598 To DVS in April 1929
Do D bis 211
Do D bis 212
Do D bis 213
Do D bis 214
Do D bis 215
Do D bis 216
Do D bis 217
Do D bis 218
Do D bis 219
Do D bis 220
Do D bis 221
Do D bis 222
Do D bis 223
Do D bis 224
During 1929, MVM ordered a second series of seaplanes from Dornier, but with one change. These aircraft were no longer torpedo bombers, but ordinary reconnaissance-bomber seaplanes, so they were designated Do D bis. Together with this series of 14 aircraft (VE numbers 211-224), a certain amount of spare parts came from the Dornier factory, as well as engineer Götz, who was in charge of making modifications and correcting any observed defects. These aircraft faithfully served in PV until 1939, when they were replaced by new Do-22 seaplanes. At the beginning of the April War, there were only 2 Do D bis planes in use, which were intended for pilot training and thus did not take any part in operations.