The Series 238 was the most produced variant with 120 of them manufactured. It was manufactured by the Austrian Aviatik.
The most notable difference from the previous version was the engine, it was powered by an Austro-Daimler AD6 series 17000 which delivered 158hp of power. It was armed with the usual synchronised Austro-Hungarian 8mm Schwarzlose 07/12 machine-guns buried in the frontern part of the fuselage.
As far as we know, the series 238 were used in these squadrons:
- Flik23B
- Luftfahr-Abwehr Station: Which apparently was some kind of Austro-Hungarian home guard air-defence squadron commited to the defence of their capital territory.
Series 338 was identical to the 238 but powered by an Austro-Daimler AD6 series 23000 delivering 222hp of power. It had a characteristic wing-mounted radiator placed in the front, which the Lohner built 315 series would somehow copy with some modifications. It was also armed with two 8mm Schwarzlose 07/12 machine-guns placed in the frontern part of the fuselage just like the 138 and 238 series. Only 58 of them were manufactured and it was the airplane of choice of the ace Oberleutnant Béla Macourek.
The series 338 was used, as far as we known, by these squadrons:
- Flik1J: Where Béla Macourek served.
- Flik72J
Sources:
1. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59721
2. http://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/59724
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviatik_(Berg)_D.I
4. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
5. Windsock Datafile 45 - Aviatik D.I
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