OAW C.II
Appearance
OAW C.II | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.