No. 404 and 405 | |
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Role | Training seaplane |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
First flight | 1917 |
Primary user | Imperial German Navy |
Number built | 2 |
Numbers 404 and 405 were the sole two examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. [1] [2] [3] By 1917, the output of the major German seaplane manufacturers was taken up producing machines for front-line service. [1] As a consequence, the only machines available for training purposes were those that had been made obsolete or which had been damaged and rebuilt. [1] In order to provide modern trainers for the Navy, the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig undertook the design and construction of two brand-new seaplanes between March and June, [1] unarmed two-seat biplanes. [3] These machines were supplied to the naval base at Putzig along with a batch of four trainers of a different design, numbered 467–470. [1]
Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154
General characteristics
No. 404 and 405 | |
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Role | Training seaplane |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Kaiserliche Werft Danzig |
First flight | 1917 |
Primary user | Imperial German Navy |
Number built | 2 |
Numbers 404 and 405 were the sole two examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. [1] [2] [3] By 1917, the output of the major German seaplane manufacturers was taken up producing machines for front-line service. [1] As a consequence, the only machines available for training purposes were those that had been made obsolete or which had been damaged and rebuilt. [1] In order to provide modern trainers for the Navy, the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig undertook the design and construction of two brand-new seaplanes between March and June, [1] unarmed two-seat biplanes. [3] These machines were supplied to the naval base at Putzig along with a batch of four trainers of a different design, numbered 467–470. [1]
Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154
General characteristics