The series 138 was an improved version manufactured by the Austrian Aviatik. The main difference from the previous version, the series 38 was that it was powered by an Austro-Daimler AD6 Series delivering 197hp of power.
It was, just like it's predecessor, armed with two 8mm Schwarzlose machine guns that saw two types of configuration, the earliest one, that had the synchronised machine-guns buried in the frontern part of the fuselage, making them inaccesible to the pilot in case of jamming and the latest one, that were also synchronised but had the machine-guns butts in the cockpit, making them accessible this way.
The series 138 was the most iconic of the Aviatik-Berg D.I series, despite not being the most produced of the variant, not in vain, many Austro-Hungarian aces and famous pilots flew it.
It served, as far as we could find, with the next Fliks (Squadrons):
- Flik15D: Apparently this squadron was assigned to perform recon roles.
- Flik56J
- Flik63J
- Flik74J
Sources:
1. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59710
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of FIghters
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviatik_(Berg)_D.I
No comments:
Post a Comment