| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 350/17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | LVG B.II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | LVG B.II |
| Aircraft Version: | LVG B.II |
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| 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: | 6 February 2022 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 438576 |
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This B.II was built in 1917 at Zeesen in Germany and went on to serve with the Imperial German Air Force and is the only surviving airframe of its type. At some point prior to 1936 it became part of Hermann Göring's pre-WWII collection that formed the Deutsche Luftfahrtsammlung (German Collections of Aircraft). After several pieces were lost during a bombing attack in 1943, the remainder were crudely cut up, packed onto wagons and tranported east for safekeeping. In 1945 the remnants were discovered in very poor condition near the village of Hammer (now Kuźnica Czarnkowska) by the Polish Army. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 10 February 2022, and has since been viewed 164 times. |