OAW C.II

OAW C.II
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Ostdeutsche Albatroswerke (OAW)
First flight	1916
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	Few
Developed from	OAW C.I

The OAW C.II was a World War I-era German prototype reconnaissance aircraft. It was built by Ostdeutsche Albatroswerke (OAW), a subsidiary of Albatros Flugzeugwerke (Albatross Aircraft Company), for the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte). Although the exact number is unknown, only a few were built.

Design

The OAW C.II was built at the Albatros Schneidemühl factory, as a derivative of the OAW C.I, with a Mercedes D.IV eight-cylinder in-line engine. It had provisions for two crew, a pilot and an observer.^[1]

References

^ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-370-00103-6.

Bibliography

Herris, Jack (2016). Albatros Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Early Two-Seaters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 24. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-47-6.

[Thetford-1] Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 253. ISBN 978-0-370-00103-6.

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Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
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