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French Nieuport 10 reconnaissance plane, brought down behind enemy lines

As a two-seater, the type proved to be underpowered - many were converted to single seat fighters by simply covering the front cockpit, and adding an upward firing Lewis machine gun to the center section of the top wing. In this form, the type was used as a fighter.

1916. An Aviatik C.1 reconnaissance aircraft from Feldflieger Abteilung 34

Pfalz E.I

The Pfalz Flugzeug Werke, located at Speyer am Rhein in Bavaria, was the third in the great triumvirate (along with Fokker and Albatros) of German fighter manufacturers in the Great War.

Maschinen-Gewehr-Lehrkursus 4. Kompagnie 1915

Men from a machinegun training course have chosen to be photographed in Herrn Weghuber's four-seater eindecker as a souvenir of their time in Döberitz.

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