LVG C.V

LVG C.V
Captured German LVG C.V on display at Coblenz Airfield, April 1919
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer LVG (aircraft manufacturer)
First flight 1917




The LVG C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in large numbers in Germany during World War I.[1] It was a conventional two-bay biplane design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tandem, open cockpits for the pilot and observer.[2] The ailerons, fitted only to the upper wing, featured aerodynamic balances that extended past the wingtips.[2] The fuselage was a semi-monocoque construction skinned in wood.[3]

Following the war, some C.Vs were used as civil transports,[1] while some 150 machines captured by Polish forces were put to use by the Polish army.[4] Other post-war users included Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; together operating about 30 aircraft.[4]

Operators

 Germany
Luftstreitkrafte
 Latvia
Latvian Air Force - Postwar
 Lithuania
Postwar
 Poland
Postwar
 Russia
Postwar
 Turkey
Ottoman Air Force

Specifications

Data from Grosz 1998, 35

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


Notes

  1. 1 2 Taylor 1989, 615
  2. 1 2 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 334
  3. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 331
  4. 1 2 Grosz 1998, 13

References

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