- LVG
Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. (L.V.G. or LVG) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in
Berlin -Johannisthal , which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bomber biplanes duringWorld War I .The raid on London in 1916 was conducted by one
LVG C.IV . It dropped its bombs nearLondon Victoria station , but was shot down by French anti-aircraft gunners on its way home.Albert Einstein was for a time hired by LVG as a consultant during World War I.Fact|date=June 2008Aircraft
Own designs
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LVG B.I - reconnaissance and later trainer aircraft
*LVG B.II - reconnaissance and later trainer aircraft
*LVG B.III - trainer aircraft
*LVG C.I - first tandem-seated aircraft with observer-manned machine gun
*LVG C.II - reconnaissance aircraft
*LVG C.III (?)
*LVG C.IV - reconnaissance aircraft
*LVG C.V - reconnaissance aircraft
*LVG C.VI - more than 1,000 aircraft of this type were produced
*LVG C.VIII - prototype only
*LVG C.IX - not finished
*LVG C.VIII - prototype only
*LVG D 10
*LVG D.II - prototype only
*LVG D.III - prototype only
*LVG D.IV - prototype only
*LVG D.V - prototype only
*LVG D.VI - prototype only
*LVG E.I - experminental aircraft with 2 machine guns
*LVG G.I - bomber aircraft
*LVG G.II - triplane
*LVG G.III - triplane (also license manufactured as theSchütte-Lanz GM )Other aircraft manufactured at LVG
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Albatros B.II
*Albatros C.II
*Gotha G.IV
*Sablatnig SF 5 Litterature
* Grosz, Peter M.: LVG C.VI", Windsock Datafile Nr. 17, Albatros Prod. Ltd, Berkhamsted 1989
* Heinz J. Nowarra: "Flugzeuge 1914-1918". München 1959.
* Karlheinz Kens, Hans Müller: "Die Flugzeuge des ersten Weltkriegs". München 1966, ISBN 3-453-00404-3.
* Karl R. Pawlas: "Deutsche Flugzeuge 1914-18". Nürnberg 1976, ISBN 3-88088-209-6.
* Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: "Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-18". Wilhelmshaven 1977, ISBN 3-920602-18-8.
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