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Fighters - Bombers - Seaplanes - Explorers - Zeppelins

In the days when airplanes were often essentially lightweight structures made of a few tubes and canvas, getting into the cockpit and taking off into sharp action required a great deal of courage indeed. Yet such valiant fighters were found on both sides of the front, and an era of aerial warfare began in which the machines of the Imperial Luftstreitkräfte often played a leading role. This publication offers a complete overview of German first-war combat aircraft, ranging from unarmed observation machines through many different types of bombers and scouts to the famous zeppelins or legendary fighters. More than one hundred detailed and colorful side-by-side drawings show how aviators in the pioneering days of the air war were supposed to express their individuality. They had their fiancées' names written on their machines, painted with personal emblems, and chose bright colours that clearly signalled to the enemy from afar who they would have the honour of fighting.

Selection of content:

• Single-seat fighters
  
• Junkers D.I
  
• Two-seat reconnaissance and multirole aircraft
  
• Combat and escort aircraft
  
• Bombers and naval aircraft

Single-seat fighters

• Fokker Eindecker
  
• Pfalz E-version
  
• Albatros D.I and D.II
  
• Albatros D.III
  
• Albatros D.V and D.Va
  
• Fokkers of early D-versions
  
• Fokker D.III
  
• Fokker D.V
  
• Fokker D.VI
  
• Fokker D.VII
  
• Fokker D.VIII
  
• Halberstadt D.II, D.III and D.V
  
• Junkers D.I
  
• Roland D.II and D.IIa
  
• Roland D.VIa and D.VIb
  
• Pfalz D.III and D.IIIa
  
• Pfalz D.VIII
  
• Pfalz D.XII
  
• Siemens-Schuckert D.I
  
• Siemens-Schuckert D.III
  
• Siemens-Schuckert D.IV
  
• Fokker Dr.I
  

Two-seat reconnaissance and multi-purpose aircraft

• B-version Albatrosses
  
• Aviatics B-versions
  
• Taube
  
• Fokker A-versions
  
• AEG C-versions
  
• Albatros C.I to C.III
  
• Late C-version Albatrosses
  
• Aviatics C-versions
  
• DFW C-versions
  
• Halberstadt C.V
  
• LFG Roland C.II
  
• LVG C.II
  
• LVG C.V and C.VI
  
• Rumpler C.I
  
• Rumpler C.III and C.IV
  

Combat and escort aircraft

• Halberstadt CL.II
  
• Halberstadt CL.IV
  
• Hannovers CL-versions
  
• Junkers CL.I
  
• Albatros J.I and J.II
  
• Junkers J.I
  

Bombers and naval aircraft

• AEG G.I to G.IV
  
• Friedrichshafen G.III and G.IV
  
• Gotha G.I
  
• Gotha G.II to G.V
  
• Rumplers of G-versions
  
• Siemens-Schuckerty R-versions
  
• Zeppelin-Staakeny R-versions
  
• Gotha WD-versions
  
• Albatrosses W-versions
  
• Hansa-Brandenburg W.12
  
• Hansa-Brandenburg W.19
  
• Hansa-Brandenburg W.29
  
• Zeppelin airships