Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven 401 Explained

Imperian German Navy seaplanes numbers 401 to 403 were the only three examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the Navy's flying service during the First World War.^{[1] [2] [3]} Production of these types commenced in April 1915 in an effort to supply the navy with a seaplane trainer of contemporary design.^[1] With the outbreak of war, the output of Germany's major seaplane manufacturers was taken up with producing front-line types, and the only trainers available were obsolete or rebuilt machines withdrawn from their original duties.^[1] Number 401 and its two siblings were delivered to the Navy in August 1915.^[1]

References

• Book: Gray, Peter . Owen Thetford . German Aircraft of the First World War . 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.135