Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven 401

No. 401–403
Role Training seaplane
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
First flight 1915
Primary user Imperial German Navy
Number built 3


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was taken up with producing front-line types, and the only trainers available were obsolete or rebuilt machines withdrawn from their original duties.[1] Number 401 and its two siblings were delivered to the Navy in August 1915.[1]


Specifications

Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.135

General characteristics


Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nowarra 1966, p.78
  2. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
  3. Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.135

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