The Austro-Hungarian aviation troops high command delegated the production of the Berg D.I in many companies, one of them was Lohner.
As it happened with many other productions licenses or delegations, the production taker made their own version of the parent airplane. This way the series 115 was a regular early Aviatik made series 138 fuselage powered by a 197hp Austro-Daimler AD6 series 19000 engine and bicycle wheels, which was so typical in the series. It was also armed with two 8mm 07/12 Schwarzlose machine-guns placed in the frontern part of the fuselage and firing through the propeller. Eighty eight airplanes were made and, as far as we could find, only one squadron used them, the Flik 60J dedicated to the regular fighter role.
The series 315 was just a regular late series 138 fuselage fitted with am Austro-Daimler AD6 series 23000 engine delivering 222hp of power. It was also armed with two 8mm 07/12 Schwarzlose machine-guns and had the distinctive Lohner bicycle wheels. Only twenty-two of them were produced before the armistice. Unfortunately we couldn't find any info about what squadrons used them.
Sources:
1. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59725
2. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59726
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviatik_(Berg)_D.I
4. Windsock Datafile - Aviatik Berg D.I
5. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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