It was badly damaged in the Second World War, when a Dornier Do 217 that was engaged in a mine laying mission turned inland and dropped its final mine very close to the house on 7 February 1943 before crashing into St Martin's Down.
Some of the more known applications, are a pair of MG 81Z's installed in the hollow tail cone of the Dornier Do 217.
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Both the examples of the Dornier Do 217 medium bomber powered by inline engines, and the Axis Powers' largest-flown powered aircraft of any type, the Blohm & Voss BV 238 flying boat used essentially the same unitized Daimler-Benz DB 603 powerplants.