| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C12250/17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Aviatik C.III |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Aviatik C.III |
| Aircraft Version: | Aviatik C.III |
| C/n (msn): | 12250/17 |
| Operator Titles: | Germany - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Kraków - Rakowice-Czyzyny (closed)Map |
| Country: | Poland |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EPKC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 435735 |
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The Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego has a truely unique collection of authentic WWI aircraft. This came about because it inherited many of the surviving pieces from Herman Göring's collection that formed the Deutsche Luftfahrtsammlung (German Collections of Aircraft). The collection was exhibited in ornate 19th century hangars near the pre-WWII Berlin railway station. After several pieces were lost during a bombing attack in 1943, the remaining planes were hurridly and crudely cut up and transported east for safekeeping. After the war the survivors became the property of the Polish government. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 31 January 2022, and has since been viewed 148 times. |