Gotha W.D.12
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Gotha W.D.12 | |
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Role | Seaplane |
Manufacturer | Gotha |
Designer | Rösner[1] |
First flight | Feb 1917 [1] |
Primary user | Ottoman Empire |
Number built | 10 [1] |
Engine | 160hp Mercedes D.III inline or 150hp Benz Bz.III inline |
Armament | rear flexible Parabellum[1] or none[2] |
Max Speed | 141 km/h (88 mph)[2] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 7:30[2] |
Endurance | 5:30 [2] |
Nine WD.12s were ordered by Turkey in August 1917, six with the Mercedes D.III engine and three with the Benz Bz.III.[1] The Turkish planes were transported by rail to Hungary, erected and flown to Bulgaria, and transported finally to Constantinople.[2]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Gotha WD.2.
References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Jack Herris, Gotha Aircraft of WWI. USA, Aeronaut Books, 2013. ISBN 978-1-935881-14-8