OAW C.II

WWI German reconnaissance aircraft
OAW C.II
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
Type of 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

  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.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) [1970]. German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
  • 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.
  • Treadwell, Terry C. (2010). German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908–1918. Amberley. ISBN 978-1-44560-102-1.
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