David Seymour Posted 21 February , 2009 Share Posted 21 February , 2009 Please could someone ID this German bomber? It looks to me like a Zeppelin-Staaken R XV but I would welcome confirmation. Many thanks for any help you can give. Regards, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 21 February , 2009 Share Posted 21 February , 2009 More probably a Zeppelin Straken RXVI (Av) as the engines have spinners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 22 February , 2009 Share Posted 22 February , 2009 David It's Staaken R.XIVa (Schül) Nr 84/18, ie one of the three machines planned to be built under licence by the Schütte-Lanz company. It was only partially completed by the Armistice but, unlike 85/18 and 86/18, it was finished in January 1919. However, all three aeroplanes were scrapped to prevent them falling into Allied hands. Regards Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 22 February , 2009 Author Share Posted 22 February , 2009 Gareth/Centurion, Many thanks for your help on this. With best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 22 February , 2009 Share Posted 22 February , 2009 David It's Staaken R.XIVa (Schül) Nr 84/18, ie one of the three machines planned to be built under licence by the Schütte-Lanz company. It was only partially completed by the Armistice but, unlike 85/18 and 86/18, it was finished in January 1919. However, all three aeroplanes were scrapped to prevent them falling into Allied hands. Regards Gareth Are you sure? - I believe only those engines fitted by Aviatik were fitted with spinners which would make it a RXVI (av) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 22 February , 2009 Share Posted 22 February , 2009 Are you sure? - I believe only those engines fitted by Aviatik were fitted with spinners which would make it a RXVI (av) Yes. There are photographs in The German Giants which show R.84/18 both before and after its spinners were fitted. The 'after' photo is the one that David posted. That's good enough for me. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 22 February , 2009 Share Posted 22 February , 2009 You say that all three were scrapped to avoid falling into Allied hands. I have found a clip of one that landed in Aspern in Austria sometime in 1919 (see still). What would it be doing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 23 February , 2009 Share Posted 23 February , 2009 I said that all three Staaken R.XIVa (Schül) aircraft built under licence by Schütte-Lanz were destroyed after the Armistice, ie R84/18, R85/18 and R86/18. The aeroplane in your photographs is R69/18, a Staaken R.XIVa built by Staaken - note the absence of the Schül suffix. R69/18 was completed on 19 October 1918 and was chartered by the post-War Ukrainian government to fly money into the Ukraine, but was seized by the Inter-Allied Control Commission at Aspern, near Vienna, after it returned from Ukraine. It was subsequently turned over to the Italians. Cheers Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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