The ' kaiserliche Fliegertruppe ' of WWI - Fotos of the M.Pleyer collection (Berlin)
The following fotos came from the collection of M.Pleyer,a man very engaged in the history of those who belonged to  the former ' Fliegertruppe '. I had the luck to get some contact with him - and he sent me these beautiful pictures.
He is collecting every information he can get and put it into the net - a real good job. If you like visit his page - the url is : http://www.idflieg.de
Albatros B with crew and ground personal
A scene, constructed by a photographer ..., an  Albatros B (B 570/15) with his crew and ground personal .... the commander and his pilot to the right - discussing the task .....
in the airplane....
Meanwhile seated, the crew seems to be highly engaged .....Watch the instrument fixed at the strut,it looks like an airspeed indicator - today modern aircraft uses pitot tubes for that ..
Oberleutnant Bennecke and  Vogt ready for action....
The crew changed into an ' C ' type aircraft ,Oberleutnant Bennecke and comander Vogt.
The observer now in the back .....
an early observer aircraft ..
Another so called ' B ' type aircraft, the crew seemed to be a little bit superstitious.
There are two mascots, a  Teddybear and a pig hanging behind the upper tank .....
two mascots
The two mascots in detail .... meanwhile i found another pig above the engine .....
This plane seemed to be a very special - personal kind of a flying unit ...
Now some pictures of captured allied aircraft during WWI  .....
over and out  ....
Downed allied pilot in front of his destroyed aircraft (Sopwith ?) ... He is not looking very friendly, bat that's a fact i absolutely  understand .......
Royal Aircaft Factory B.E.2
A Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 in trouble. Inspite of this, it seemes, that this aircraft became airborn again - look at the next picture.Watch also the half gasoline barrel collecting the oil coming out of the engine ....
B.E.2 now with german markings...
Looks like undestructable .... The B.E.2 - now with german markings ....
F.E.2.b after a dogfight
Here again a foto of the downed F.E.2.b - look Fotoalbum WW1 ....
Nieuport 17 C.1
A captured  Nieuport 17 C.1 ,  Reg.No. B 1644 - yellow 6
Nieuport 17 C.1
Same aircraft - another view ....
SPAD VII , 23 Squadron RFC, Pilot LT Balme
Shot down on 10th of October 1917 by Gefreiter Brettel (JASTA 10) - astonishing to me - Gefreiter means a very low level in the german military rank system - but he seemed to be very successful ...
A british built Bleriot SPAD, normally not used for combat missions but only for training purposes....
The french built SPAD were faster and therefore prefered by the british pilots.
Spad VII

                                                               Downed french plane ...   relikts of a french aircraft  Flieger Abteilung display German Flieger-Abteilung.                     

                                                      Albatros overhead Graudenz  in flight

crashed Fokker   Crash of a Fokker ....

                                                                             Crash LVG   crashed LVG

to the front ....  Observer foto (FA 33) - Infanterie moves on the street.

Flak-hit into the fuel compartement. but at least ... home !    

                                                                             Flying school   flight training in Germany

a bad accidentCrash, the engine lies in front of the wall ..

                                          Airfield of Flieger Abteilung 33  airfield of FA33

bomb crater    Bomb crater after an attack.

 It looks like the german airfields of those days were not much liked by the allied's.                                                              .... Again a bomb attack  bombed airfield

crashed fokker   Relicts of a Fokker ....

                                Junkers J1 - ground attack airplane in trouble .... Junkers J1 in trouble

         This plane , a so called 'J'  type - aircraft , was the answer to the strong ground fire, of the last years of ww1. It was strongly protected (and heavy), not simple to fly and slow, but a simple bullit could not come through the steel armour .........

 Finish .... for the moment, but the story will go on .......

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