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Encyclopedia > List of military aircraft of Central Powers in WWI

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Fighters and Interceptors

The Albatros D.III was a highly successful single seat, sesquiplane fighter aircraft used by the German Air Service during the First World War. ... The D.VII was a late World War I fighter aircraft designed by Anthony Fokker and Rheinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ... The Fokker D.VIII (also E.V) was a late World War I parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Anton Fokker Rheinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ... The Fokker D.VIII (also E.V) was a late World War I parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Anton Fokker Rheinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ... The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker was a World War I fighter aircraft built by the company of Anthony Fokker, used by Germany. ... Max Immelmann of Feldflieger Abteilung 62 in the cockpit of his Fokker E.I. The Fokker E.I was the first successful fighter aircraft, entering combat with the German Army Air Service in mid-1915 which marked the start of a period known as the Fokker Scourge during which the... The Fokker E.III was the main variant of the German Fokker Eindecker fighter aircraft of the First World War. ... The Fokker E.IV was the final variant of the Fokker Eindecker fighter aircraft that was operated by Germany during the First World War. ... The Fokker D.VIII (also E.V) was a late World War I parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Anton Fokker Rheinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ... The Fokker D.VIII (also E.V) was a late World War I parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Anton Fokker Rheinhold Platz at the Fokker company. ... The Siemens-Schuckert D.IV was a late-World War I fighter aircraft from Siemens-Schuckert (SSW). ...

Bomber and ground attack

The Gotha G series of bombers were the main German twin-engine bombers of World War I. Built by Gothaer Waggonfabrik, the first unsuccessful variant was the G.I. It had an unusual shape, with a fuselage upon the upper wing of the biplane, and only a small number were... The AEG G.I (originally designated K.I) was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. Although it performed poorly, it formed the basis for more successful bombers from AEG, culminating in the AEG G.IV. Ten were built. ... The AEG G.II was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I developed from the AEG G.I. With more powerful engines, the twenty-four aircraft built featured performance adequate enough to enable them to see some limited operational use. ... The AEG G.III was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I developed from the AEG G.II. Like its predecessor, it was only built in small numbers and saw limited operational use. ... The AEG G.IV was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I developed from the AEG G.III. The further refinements included in this version at last resulted in an aircraft that performed well enough for large-scale production. ... The AEG G.V was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I, a further refinement of the AEG G.IV. The type was in use saw limited production before the armistice. ... The AEG J.I was a biplane ground attack aircraft of 1916, a development of the AEG C.IV reconnaissance aircraft. ... The AEG J.II was a biplane ground attack aircraft of 1918, a development of the AEG J.I with improved control surfaces. ... The AEG N.I was a biplane night-bomber which saw limited action during World War I. A total of 37 were built. ... The AEG PE (Panzer Einsitzer – armoured one-seater)was a triplane ground attack aircraft of World War I, one of the first aircraft to be designed from the outset for that role. ... The AEG R.I was a four-engined biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It was unusual for a multi_engined aircraft in that rather than mounting propellers directly to the engines and mounting these in nacelles, the R.I carried all its engines within the fuselage and turned its...

Patrol and Reconnaissance

The AEG B.I was a two-seat biplane unarmed reconnaissance aircraft produced in very small numbers from 1914. ... The AEG B.II was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in small numbers from 1914. ... The AEG B.III was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in very small numbers from 1915. ... The AEG C.I was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in very small numbers from March 1915. ... The AEG C.II was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft produced in small numbers from October 1915. ... The AEG C.III was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft, a single prototype of which was built during World War I. The aircraft featured an unusual fuselage design that completely filled the gap between the upper and lower sets of wings, in the hope of providing the pilot and... The AEG C.IV was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft based on the C.II but featuring a larger wingspan. ... The AEG C.V was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. A single AEG C.IV was modified to utilise a more powerful engine, but the results were disappointing enough that further development was cancelled. ... The AEG C.VI was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was developed from the AEG C.IV but did not enter production. ... The AEG C.VII was a prototype two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was developed from the AEG C.IV but did not enter production. ... The AEG C.VIII was a prototype two-seat reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. Two examples were built, based on the successful AEG C.IV design, one of biplane configuration, the other a triplane (the latter sometimes referred to as the C.VIII.Dr). ... The AEG D.I was a biplane fighter of World War I. Three prototypes were ordered, but after the first two were involved in serious crashes, development was cancelled. ... The AEG DJ.I was a biplane ground attack aircraft of late World War I. Three prototypes were built and were undergoing evaluation at the time the war ended. ... The AEG Dr.I was a triplane fighter of World War I, based on the AEG D.I. Only a single prototype was built and its poor performance meant that no production ensued. ... The Albatros B.II was an unarmed German two-seat reconnaissance biplane of the First World War. ... The Albatros C.I was the first of the successful C-series of two-seat general-purpose biplanes built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke during the First World War. ... The Albatros C.III was a German two-seat general-purpose biplane of the First World War, built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. ... The Aviatik C.I was a 1915 WWI observation plane. ... The DFW C.V was a reconnaisance aircraft first used in 1916 in World War I. It was produced by the Aviatik aircraft company. ... The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I single plane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. ... The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I single plane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. ... The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I single plane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. ... The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I single plane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. ...

Trainer

  • Euler D.I

Prototype

  • Albatros C.II (prototype?)
  • Fokker E.II (1915) (prototype?)
  • Junkers J1 (1915) (first all-metal aircraft)
  • Junkers J2 (1916)

The first production Fokker E.II.. The Fokker E.II was the second variant of the German Fokker Eindecker single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. ...

Aircraft Producers

Avro 504K. Avro was a British aircraft manufacturer, well known for planes such as the Avro Lancaster which served in World War II. One of the worlds first aircraft builders, A.V.Roe and Company was established at Brownsfield Mills, Manchester, England by Alliot Verdon Roe and his brother... Fokker 100 of British Midland Airways Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. ... Siemens-Schuckert was a German aircraft company that built a number of designs in World War I and inter-war era. ...

Aircraft designation codes

A Artilleriebeobachtungsflugzeug? (artillery spotter?) single seated monoplane trainer or recconnaissance aircraft
B Beobachtungsflugzeug recconnaissance aircraft, double seated, unarmed, after 1915 used as trainers only
C Recconnaissance aircraft, double seated, armed, occasionally used as bomber, usually biplanes
CL light, double seated biplane, used as fighter, trainer or ground attack aircraft
D Doppeldecker biplane, single engined, single seated fighter
Dr. Dreidecker triplane, single engined, single seated fighter
E Eindecker monoplane, single engined, single seated fighter
G Großflugzeug big aircraft, twin engined, multi seated bomber
R Riesenflugzeug giant aircraft, four engined, multi seated long range bomber
J (I) Infanterieflugzeug ground attack aircraft
N Nachtflugzeug aircraft for operation at night
W Wasserflugzeug seaplane, single seated fighter
LW leichtes Wasserflugzeug light seaplane, single seated fighter

A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ... Hs123 biplane. ... A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three sets of wings, each roughly the same size and mounted one above the other. ...

See also


This list of military aircraft of Germany includes prototype, pre-production, and operational types. ...

People: Aces
Aircraft: Allied - Central Powers - Zeppelins


A SPAD S.XIII biplane fighter in the livery of the Lafayette Escadrille. ... WWI Famous Flying Aces by Nationality (Number of victories in parentheses) // Australia (Serving Under Britain) Roderic Dallas (50) Robert Little (47) A. H. Harry Cobby (29) Britain Edward Mannock (61) James McCudden (57) (UK) Albert Ball (44) (UK) Christopher Draper (9) (UK) Cyril Lowe (9) (UK) Lanoe Hawker (7) Canada... List of military aircraft of Britain in WWI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, the most travelled airship in history A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz. ...

Lists of Aircraft | Aircraft manufacturers | Aircraft engines | Aircraft engine manufacturers This list of aircraft is sorted alphabetically, beginning with the name of the manufacturer (or, in certain cases, designer). ... This is a list of aircraft manufacturers (in alphabetic order). ... List of aircraft engines - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This is a list of aircraft engine manufacturers both past and present. ...


Airports | Airlines | Air forces | Aircraft weapons | Missiles | Timeline of aviation This is a list of airlines in operation. ... This is a list of Air Forces, sorted alphabetically by country. ... This is a list of aircraft weapons, past and present. ... Below is a list of (links to pages on) missiles, sorted alphabetically by name. ... This is a timeline of aviation history. ...


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