Aviatik (Berg) D.I - Foreign Users

The Aviatik-Berg D.I saw also postwar service with various nations after the war.

• State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs & Kingdom of Yugoslavia: After the armistice of 1918 many airplanes were left-over by the Austro-Hungarian troops and were seized by the forces of the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia later. They were employed by the Slovenes in the Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia of 1918-1919.
• Romania: Apparently the Kingdom of Romania incorporated some D.I after the war. They were most probably MAG made. However any further detail is unknown, so the pic should be considered as purely speculative.
• Hungarian Soviet Republic: Some MAG made Aviatik-Berg D.I were used by the Red Hungarian Air Corps during the revolutionary period of 1919.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviatik_(Berg)_D.I

2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters

Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 - Foreign Users Part one

Today, we take some rest from the French SPADs and we start another project that, hopefully, won't take too long.

The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 was a German monoplane floatplane fighter that served in the closing months of the Great War.
Designed originally to replace the W.12 it proved to be a successful design with less drag and much more speed than the W.12. It was designed by Ernst Heinkel, the founder of Heinkel aviation company.

It was much more used after the war as it was developed in Norway, in the Kjeller factory and was manufactured under license in many parts of the world.

• Austro-Hungarian Empire: Ordered 25 W.29 to be built at UFAG factory in Budapest. Only one was completed. As we couldn't find graphical info, the best we could do with the colours was to speculate about them.
• Denmark: Bought one from Germany, and manufactured under license another 15 more, used by the Royal Danish Navy. It featured a locally produced engine and it's local designation was HM.1. They remained in active service until 1930.
• Finland: Apparently the Finnish air service had one in commission during 1920. As we couldn't find graphic info about this one, we are speculating about it's colours.
• Hungarian Soviet Republic: When the Hungarian Soviet Republic was declared the W.29 that was completed to serve with the K.U.K. was pushed into service with their new owners. It was based at Cspel, near Budapest.