Gotha WD.27

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WD.27
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RoleLong-range maritime patrol aircraft
National originGermany
Manufacturer Gothaer Waggonfabrik
Number built1–3 prototypes

The Gotha WD.27 (for (Wasser Doppeldecker - "Water Biplane")) was a long-range maritime patrol floatplane developed during World War I by Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha) for the Imperial German Navy's (Kaiserliche Marine) Naval Air Service (Marine-Fliegerabteilung). It was a large, four-engine aircraft with the same general layout as the WD.22; a conventional floatplane with engines grouped in tractor-pusher pairs on the lower wings. Contemporary records show three German Navy serial numbers allocated to the type, but only one of these may have been flown.

Contents

Specifications

Data from Gotha Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes; [1] German Aircraft of the First World War; [2] Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War [3]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

  1. Herris, p. 90
  2. Gray & Thetford, p. 409
  3. Nowarra, Robertson & Cooksley, p. 56

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