Aircraft Photo of B.1302/15 | Albatros B.IIa | Poland - Air Force | AirHistory.net #217330
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"B.1302/15"
Aircraft Original Type:Albatros B.II
Aircraft Generic Type:Albatros B.II
Aircraft Version:Albatros B.IIa
C/n (msn):10019
Operator Titles:Poland - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Ada
Location
City / Airport:Kraków - Rakowice-Czyzyny (closed)Map
Country:Poland
Airport Codes:ICAO: EPKC   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego
 
Photo Date:4 July 2018
Photo by:Kas van Zonneveld
Photo ID: 217330
Photo Comment

The B.II's were used as unarmed reconnaissance aircraft until mid-1915. In 1917, the B.IIa version was introduced, which had a greater number of fuselage elements made out of wood rather than steel tubes. 20 of this type were built under the designation L.30. In total, more than 3000 B.II's were produced. This frame is the very last of its kind. Built in 1919, last flight in 1940 and restored in 1987. Painted in fictional camouflage to represent the Officer Observer School in Toruń in 1920.

This photo is copyright © Kas van Zonneveld, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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