Friedrichshafen FF.49

FF.49
Role Reconnaissance
Manufacturer Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH
First flight 1917
Introduction September 1917
Primary users Kaiserliche Marine
Finnish Air Force
Polish Air Force
Danish Navy
Number built 240
Developed from Friedrichshafen FF.33

Friedrichshafen FF.49 was a German, two-seat, single-engine float-plane designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1917.

Variants

FF.39
Two-seat reconnaissance float-plane, powered by a 150 kW (200 hp) Benz Bz.IV water-cooled 6-cylinder piston engine. 14 built.
FF.49B
Two-seat bomber float-plane. 25 built.
FF.49C
Two-seat reconnaissance float-plane.

Operators

 Denmark
Royal Danish Navy
Danish Air Lines (postwar), (one FF.49C)
 Finland
Finnish Air Force (four FF.49C, one FF.49B; in use 1918-1923)
 German Empire
Kaiserliche Marine
 Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Navy
 Norway
(four FF.49C, by A/S Aero)
 Poland
Polish Air Force (postwar)
 Sweden
Swedish Navy (postwar), (two FF.49C, in use 1919–1924)

Specifications (FF.49)

An FF.49 starting for a reconnaissance flight.

Data from Thulinista Hornetiin

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also


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    Further reading

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