the Friedrichshafen developed many fighters,the little known one is D V,it was single seat
biplane fighter,I don't know if it was actually built or just a project.
the Friedrichshafen developed many fighters,the little known one is D V,it was single seat
biplane fighter,I don't know if it was actually built or just a project.
As Britain’s main competitor for domination at sea, the Germans also had a substantial naval aviation service. On land, their pilots had the edge for much of the war, as they developed tactics ahead of the Allies and fielded a series of technologically superior planes. But they never gained the same dominance over the seas. The power of the Royal Navy made it harder for them to deploy seaplane tenders into contested waters.
A German Friedrichshafen FF.33L seaplane.
Friedrichshafen was one of Germany’s leading seaplane producers. Starting in 1914, the company provided German aviators with the FF-33 series of seaplanes, which filled a variety of roles. The FF-33e was a reconnaissance plane which carried a two-way radio as well as a supply of bombs. The FF-33I was the fighter equivalent.
The rough conditions of the North Sea led Friedrichshafen to produce a tougher design, the FF-49. This entered the war in May 1917, replacing the FF-33s.
Other German seaplanes included the Albatros W-4 and a series of planes from Hansa-Brandenburg.
The story of German military aviation stretches back to the end of the nineteenth century, when a small balloon section was established during November 1883, initially incorporated into a railway t…
There was no continuity because Dornier never took over Friedrichshafen.
FWIW, Dornier Metallbau GmbH (DMB) was a department of Zeppelin GmbH Lindau from 1922 to 1932. Dornier then bought out the last of its shares held by Zeppelin. In that same year, Theodor Kober's Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH (FF) went bankrupt. Dornier Metallbau GmbH then took over FF's idle production facility - not the company itself.
DMB had southern works at Friedrichshafen, Rickenbach, Oberpfaffenhofen, Munich-Neuaubing and Pfronten. Dornier-Werke's northern plants were Reinickendorf (near Berlin) followed by Wismar and Lübeck facilities. As for Friedrichshafen, by the end of WW2, 90% of industrial plants in the town had been destroyed by Allied bombing raids.
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