Classification of German military aircraft in the First World War

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The Air Force Inspectorate (IdFlieg), which is responsible for Army Aviation, divided the types of aircraft used by the Air Force into defined groups.

Classification

During the First World War , the following were produced for the air force:

row Type Intended use 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 total comment
1 A. Reconnaissance plane 294 13 22nd 0 0 329 Unarmed monoplane; after 1914 only used as training aircraft
2 B. Reconnaissance plane 1,054 1.312 440 2,993 25th 5,824 Unarmed biplanes; after 1915 only as training aircraft
3 C. Reconnaissance plane 0 2,674 4,726 10,337 7,320 25,057 Armed, single-engine, two-seat biplane, in front-line use as multi-purpose aircraft from 1915
4th Cl Attack aircraft or fighter two-seated 0 0 0 Lighter variant of the C-aircraft, from 1917 in front service as escort fighters and attack aircraft. Forerunner Roland C.II
5 D. Fighter plane 0 1 2.129 4,945 5.132 12.207 Armed, single-engine, single-seat fighter aircraft, see Fokker D.VIII and Junkers DI
6th DJ (also PE) Attack aircraft 0 0 0 Mixture of D and J types, single-engine, single-seater ground combat double-decker AEG DJ.I
7th Dr (F) Jagddreidecker 0 0 0 338 1 339 especially Fokker Dr.I
8th E. Hunting deck 0 347 300 0 381 1,028 especially Fokker and Pfalz
9 ClS Attack aircraft 0 0 0 0 Mixture between J and Cl aircraft, only Halberstadt CLS.I
10 S. Attack aircraft 0 0 0 0 2 2 only Ago SI
11 J Attack aircraft 0 0 0 450 463 913 armored infantry aircraft , especially Junkers JI , AEG JI and AEG J.II
12 G (also K) Large aircraft 0 185 465 589 789 2,028 Armed, twin-engined, multi-seat medium bombers
13 Eq Large aircraft 0 lighter variant of the G-airplane
14th R (VGO) Giant plane - - - - - - Armed, multi-engine, heavy bombers, in service from 1916
15th Rs (VGO) Giant Airplane Lake - - - - - - Multi-engine, super-heavy seaplanes e.g. B. Dornier Rs IV
16 N Night bomber 0 0 100 94 10 204 modified C-airplane, especially Sablatnig NI
17th total 1,348 4,532 8,182 19,746 14,123 47,931

According to this classification, the serial numbers of the aircraft were also assigned: Manufacturer (abbreviation), possibly license manufacturer, intended use, series, serial number, year of construction, so designated e.g. B. Fok. (Alb.) D.VII 5147/18 a Fokker D.VII , built by Albatros, with the serial number 5147 from 1918. The designation E was abolished in 1918 and single-engine fighters were all given the designation D (see e.g. Fokker D.VIII ). The year of construction related to the year of the order. B. the Linke-Hofmann R.II , which was only completed shortly before or at the end of the war, bore the designation R.55 / 17 and R.58 / 17.

Based on the army system, the Imperial Navy carried out the following grouping:

Type Intended use 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 total comment
B. Reconnaissance plane Unarmed two-seat float plane
B FT Reconnaissance plane B-plane with FT transmitter
H FT Reconnaissance plane B-plane with FT transmitter and receiver
C. single-engine, two-seat float planes with MG
C 2 MG single-engine, two-seat float planes with one rigid and one movable MG
C 3 MG single-engine, two-seat float planes with two rigid and one movable MG
C HFT C-airplane with FT transmitter and receiver
E. single-seat flying boat with rigid machine guns
ED single-seat floatplane with rigid machine-guns
G Large aircraft twin-engine large aircraft
T Torpedo plane Torpedo seaplane
R (Rs) Giant plane multi-engine giant airplane or giant flying boat
total

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Olaf Gröhler: History of the Air War 1910 to 1980 , Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1981
  2. ↑ Heinz Nowarra: The development of aircraft 1914-1918 , Lehmanns-Verlag, Munich 1958, p. 12
  3. ^ Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910–1918 , Lohse-Eissing-Verlag Wilhelmshaven 1977, ISBN 3-920602-18-8

literature

  • Olaf Groehler : History of the Air War 1910 to 1980 , Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1981
  • Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910-1918 , Lohse-Eissing-Verlag Wilhelmshaven 1977, ISBN 3-920602-18-8
  • Heinz Nowarra : The development of aircraft 1914-1918 , Lehmanns-Verlag, Munich 1958

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