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My best betguess for the text below BÜLOW is "Deutsche Flugzeug Werke (newline) Leipzig". enter image description here

Having three pairs of struts on each wing would make it a DFW B.I, C.I or C.II, as later models (C.V,...) only had two pairs of them.

http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25582.htm

The small gap between the wings matches the photo too.

While some prototypes got a machine gun, the standard version of the DFW B.I was unarmed.

According to the book "German Aircraft of the First World War" (Peter Gray & Owen Thetford) the only difference between the C.I and C.II version is the position of the pilot (C.I: pilot in rear seat). Another source mentions the change of the machine gun from Parabellum to a synchronized one. A synchronization gear only makes sense attached to a fixed machine gun below the upper wing.

With a gun over the upper wing and assuming that Bülow is sitting in the pilot's seat, I'd say that the airplane is a DFW C.I.

My best bet for the text below BÜLOW is "Deutsche Flugzeug Werke (newline) Leipzig". enter image description here

Having three pairs of struts on each wing would make it a DFW B.I, C.I or C.II, as later models (C.V,...) only had two pairs of them.

http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25582.htm

While some prototypes got a machine gun, the standard version of the DFW B.I was unarmed.

According to the book "German Aircraft of the First World War" (Peter Gray & Owen Thetford) the only difference between the C.I and C.II version is the position of the pilot (C.I: pilot in rear seat). Another source mentions the change of the machine gun from Parabellum to a synchronized one. A synchronization gear only makes sense attached to a fixed machine gun below the upper wing.

With a gun over the upper wing and assuming that Bülow is sitting in the pilot's seat, I'd say that the airplane is a DFW C.I.

My best guess for the text below BÜLOW is "Deutsche Flugzeug Werke (newline) Leipzig". enter image description here

Having three pairs of struts on each wing would make it a DFW B.I, C.I or C.II, as later models only had two pairs of them.

http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25582.htm

The small gap between the wings matches the photo too.

While some prototypes got a machine gun, the standard version of the DFW B.I was unarmed.

According to the book "German Aircraft of the First World War" (Peter Gray & Owen Thetford) the only difference between the C.I and C.II version is the position of the pilot (C.I: pilot in rear seat). Another source mentions the change of the machine gun from Parabellum to a synchronized one. A synchronization gear only makes sense attached to a fixed machine gun below the upper wing.

With a gun over the upper wing and assuming that Bülow is sitting in the pilot's seat, I'd say that the airplane is a DFW C.I.

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My best bet for the text below BÜLOW is "Deutsche Flugzeug Werke (newline) Leipzig". enter image description here

Having three pairs of struts on each wing would make it a DFW B.I, C.I or C.II, as later models (C.V,...) only had two pairs of them.

http://flyingmachines.ru/Site2/Crafts/Craft25582.htm

While some prototypes got a machine gun, the standard version of the DFW B.I was unarmed.

According to the book "German Aircraft of the First World War" (Peter Gray & Owen Thetford) the only difference between the C.I and C.II version is the position of the pilot (C.I: pilot in rear seat). Another source mentions the change of the machine gun from Parabellum to a synchronized one. A synchronization gear only makes sense attached to a fixed machine gun below the upper wing.

With a gun over the upper wing and assuming that Bülow is sitting in the pilot's seat, I'd say that the airplane is a DFW C.I.