Timeline for What is this WWI aircraft?
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 23:52 | comment | added | mknechtle | Good Grief. There are no other known photos that clearly show von Bülow in the cockpit of his plane; this photo is from before he became famous; and photos of this type of plane are likewise very rare. I want to sell this photo, but how in the world do I set a price on such a thing? It's irreplaceable! | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 9:31 | comment | added | Peter Kämpf | I would venture the guess that the numbers are a date: 2.5.15, a manufacturing or commission date, so that would place the photo in Bülow's time in the Feldflieger-Abteilung (FFA) 22 which used early C-I types of different manufacturers. I would rule out an earlier time in the Feldflieger-Ersatz-Abteilung (FEA) 5 which was a training unit and most likely did frown on the personalisation of aircraft and would fly unarmed. After 3 air victories in late 1915 he would have been in a better position to put his name on a fuselage. The FA 300 used Pfalz single-seater monoplanes. | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 5:25 | vote | accept | mknechtle | ||
| Mar 26, 2017 at 5:23 | comment | added | mknechtle | Deutsche Flugzeug Werke Leipzig appears to be correct. There also appear to be some numbers underneath "Leipzig". I can make out " 2 5 " then something else - might be letters... . So based on your plane ID, and the service record "mins" reported - which I also believe is correct - this is definitely pre-Jasta 18 service. | |
| Mar 25, 2017 at 23:04 | history | edited | Gypaets | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 25, 2017 at 22:55 | history | answered | Gypaets | CC BY-SA 3.0 |