Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 1650 Explained

Number 1650 was the sole example of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War.^{[1] [2] [3]} From 1916 onwards, the Kaiserliche Werften produced a range of training seaplanes for the Navy, in order to free the nation's major seaplane manufacturers to produce front-line types.^[1] During the closing stages of the war, however, the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven produced a small number of front-line types as well, including this machine.^[1] Number 1650 was an armed reconnaissance seaplane equipped with radio equipment capable of transmission and reception, therefore gaining the naval CHFT classification.^{[1] [3]}

References

• Book: Gray, Peter . Owen Thetford . German Aircraft of the First World War . registration . Putnam . London . 1962 .
• Book: Herris . Jack . German Seaplanes of WWI: Sablatnig, Kaiserliche Werften, Lübeck-Travemünde, LTG, & Oertz: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes . 2015 . Aeronaut Books . n.p. . 978-1-935881-27-8. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 15.
• Book: Kroschel, Günter . Helmut Stützer . Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918 . Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn . Herford . 1994.
• Book: Nowarra, Heinz J. . Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War . Harleyford Publications . Letchworth, Harts . 1966 .

Notes and References

1. Nowarra 1966, p.78
2. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
3. Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.165