Sunday, 18 September 2016

Aviatik (Berg) D.I (Lloyd) - Series 48, 248 & 348

The Aviatik Berg D.I's production was delegated in many subsidiaries, each of them making their own variants.

The series 48, 248 and 348 were delegated to the Hungarian Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG. Unfortunately there's not a lot of information available about those series so our writting should be considered as suppositions.
The series 48 was the Lloyd version of the early Aviatik's series 138 and was powered by a 185hp Austro-Daimler engine. It was armed with two 8mm Schwarzlose 07/12 machine guns. As far as we have found, it only served with the Flik 56J which was commited to the fighter role during the summer of 1918.

The series 248 and 348 were developed versions of the 48 series. The series 248 were powered by a 160hp Austro-Daimler engine and the series 348 were powered by a 225hp Austro-Daimler one. Unfortunately we couldn't find info about how they looked like and in which squadrons they served.










Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviatik_(Berg)_D.I
2. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59709 (translated)
3. Windsock Datafile - Aviatik Berg D.I
4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

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