Developed by one of the most famous German airplane manufacturing
companies at the request of Yugoslavia, the Dornier Do 22 was never
adopted by the Luftwaffe and was condemned to obscurity as one of the
peripheral airplane types. With only 29 manufactured in total, including
the sole prototype, Do 22 was not a major success for Dornier-Werke. As
such, it did not get the attention it deserved in the history of
aviation. Its distinct service with the air forces of the Kingdom of
Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Greece and Finland was to date only covered
superficially. No written work was published compiling and shedding
light on the entire history, development, use by the three countries and
the subsequent fate of the Dornier Do 22.