Austrian Bombers

11 August 2006, 04:48 AM

Being unable to by the book on Austro Hungarian army aircraft can some one tell me if the following is true. Did the Germans supply Gotha bombers to the Austrians for use on the italian/russian front and if so how many.
Grahgam

agblume · 11 August 2006, 05:08 AM

Hello gsoutham, According to the book "Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft in World War One," by Peter Grosz, George Haddow and Peter Schiemer, the Austro-Hungarians purchased a total of 39 Gotha G.IV (LVG) from Germany between December 1917 and April 1918. During March and April 1918 Fliks 101/G, 102/G and 103/G were equipped with them. These bombing units operated only on the Italian Front. They never served on the Russian Front.

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Cigogne · 11 August 2006, 05:32 PM

On the Russian front two-seat C-type aircraft were used for most bombing duties. There were some twin-engine types like the AEG G.I-II, Friedrichshafen G.II, as well as Rumpler G.I-III, and rare Albatros G-types. None of these were built in large quantities.

There were also some R-type (Riesenflugzeuge = Giant aircraft) of the Siemens-Schuckert type R.II-VII as well as the German Navy's RML.1.