✈ 30/04/2026 Gotha WD.2 (1914) The Gotha WD Family was central to Gothaer Waggonfabrik to pake its mark in the limited club of seaplane manufacturers in WWI. Less well known than its family of heavy bombers, Gotha nevertheless started on a licenced Avro 504 prewar and constantly improved it. This posts tries to go through … Read more
Marine-Fliegerabteilung: 118 manufactured 1916-1917. In service until November 1918 The Albatros W.4 was a military floatplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. The W.4 was a derivative of the Albatros D.I land-based fighter aircraft, furnished with a new wing and tail section of greater span than the D.I. It was powered … Read more
Marine-Fliegerabteilung: 470 manufactured 1916-1918. In service until 1929 The Friedrichshafen FF.33 family was the backbone of German naval aviation during most of World War One. Of the numerous seaplanes Friedrichshafen provided to the German Navy, half were from the FF.33 model. It came after a gradual development, from the 1913 experiments to the 1914 FF … Read more
