| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 15459/17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Halberstadt CL II/CL IV |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Halberstadt CL II/CL IV |
| Aircraft Version: | Halberstadt CL.II |
| C/n (msn): | 1046 |
| 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: | 439748 |
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This CL.II is the only surviving example and was the personal aeroplane during WWI of the commander-in-chief of the Imperial German Air Service Kommandierender General Ernst von Hoeppner. It then 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 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 15 February 2022, and has since been viewed 230 times. |