Hansa-Brandenburg W.18

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W.18
Calvello a91.jpeg
Umberto Calvello with personnel of 261st Squadron next to the wreckage of A91 shot down and captured on 4 May 1918
RoleFighter flying boat
Manufacturer Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeug-Werke
First flight1917
Primary usersAustro-Hungarian Navy
Kaiserliche Marine
Produced49
Developed from Hansa-Brandenburg CC

The Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of World War I. It was used by both the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

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Development and design

The Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 during 1916 for use by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It was a single engined, single seater flying boat, with a Hiero 6 pusher engine mounted between the wings. It had single-bay wings, with the unusual "Star-Strutter" arrangement of bracing struts (where four Vee struts joined in the center of the wing bay to result in a "star" arrangement) shared with the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, Hansa-Brandenburg CC, and Hansa-Brandenburg KDW.

Operational history

Austro-Hungary received 47 Hansa Brandenburg W.18 aircraft, from September 1917 to May 1918, using them to provide air-defence for ports and naval bases along the Adriatic Sea coast. One Benz-engine example was delivered to the Imperial German Navy.

Operators

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Specifications (W.18 - Benz engine)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

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References

  1. Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 294. ISBN   0-370-00103-6.

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