My Take on Twenty Questions

[Terminus]

I'm thinking of an aircraft.

[DandricSturm]

winged?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes

[RBWhite]

Mono - Winged?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes

[RBWhite]

In use during WWII?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes
3): In use during WWII? - No

[Monter_Trismegistos]

Jet?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes
3): In use during WWII? - No
4): Jet? - No

[RBWhite]

In use militarily prior to WWII by any country in Europe or the Americas?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes
3): In use during WWII? - No
4): Jet? - No
5): In use militarily prior to WWII by any country in Europe or the Americas? - No
HINT: It's a postwar military aircraft, manufactured on the Western side of the Iron Curtain.

[RBWhite]

Western European side?

[Greyshaft]

VTOL

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes
3): In use during WWII? - No
4): Jet? - No
5): In use militarily prior to WWII by any country in Europe or the Americas? - No
HINT: It's a postwar military aircraft, manufactured on the Western side of the Iron Curtain.
6): Western European side? - Yes
7): VTOL - No

[DandricSturm]

Is it manufactured by a company noted for making automobiles?

[RBWhite]

If it's a SAAB, would it be the J-21?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes
3): In use during WWII? - No
4): Jet? - No
5): In use militarily prior to WWII by any country in Europe or the Americas? - No
HINT: It's a postwar military aircraft, manufactured on the Western side of the Iron Curtain.
6): Western European side? - Yes
7): VTOL - No
8): Is it manufactured by a company noted for making automobiles? - No
9): If it's a SAAB, would it be the J-21? - No

[scott64]

made by Genaral Dynamics?

[Terminus]

1): Winged? - Yes
2): Mono-Winged? - Yes
3): In use during WWII? - No
4): Jet? - No
5): In use militarily prior to WWII by any country in Europe or the Americas? - No
HINT: It's a postwar military aircraft, manufactured on the Western side of the Iron Curtain.
6): Western European side? - Yes
7): VTOL - No
8): Is it manufactured by a company noted for making automobiles? - No
9): If it's a SAAB, would it be the J-21? - No
10): made by Genaral Dynamics? - No (see the answer to #6)
HINT: This aircraft spent most of its time over water.

[Cicero77]

hmm,
a postwar airplane but no jet, mostly used over water. so i guess its a recon or asw navy airplane. the only 2 i know of that are in use at least in german navy are the Dornier DO 228 and the Bréguet Atlantic BR 1150, no clue about other navies.

so my question:
is it made by Dornier?