Gotha G.IX

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name=G.VIII, G.IX, and G.X


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type=Bomber
national origin=Germany
manufacturer=Gotha
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first flight=avyear|1918
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primary user=Luftstreitkräfte
more users=Belgian Air Force
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number built=ca.90
variants with their own articles=The Gotha G.VIII, G.IX, and G.X were a family of bomber aircraft produced in Germany during the final months of World War I. Based on the Gotha G.VII, they were intended as high-speed tactical bombers featuring advanced streamlining for their day.

The G.VIII designation was applied to a single machine developed from the G.VII but with a revised fuselage and a wing cellule that was extended by adding an extra half-bay into it, extending its span to 21.73 m (71 ft 3 in). While no further production ensued, the fuselage modifications were retained on the definitive G.IX. This latter design replaced the new half-bays in the wing cellule with full bays, now bringing the span to 25.26 m (82 ft 11 in). The Idflieg ordered 170 G.IXs from LVG to replace the Gotha G.Vs still in front-line service with Boghol 3. Probably around half of this number were actually completed before the war ended, with at least some of them reaching operational status by that time. Following the war, captured examples served for a short time with the Belgian Air Force.

the G.X was a final variant in the series, intended to be powered by the BMW IIIa, a far less powerful engine than the Maybach Mb.IV used in the G.VII, G.VIII, and G.IX. This variant may have been intended as a pure reconnaissance and/or training aircraft, and it is unclear whether any were actually built before the Armistice.

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