Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 404

No. 404 and 405
General information
Type	Training seaplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Primary user	Imperial German Navy
Number built	2
History
First flight	1917

Numbers 404 and 405 were the sole two examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. ^{[1] [2] [3]} By 1917, the output of the major German seaplane manufacturers was taken up producing machines for front-line service. ^[1] As a consequence, the only machines available for training purposes were those that had been made obsolete or which had been damaged and rebuilt. ^[1] In order to provide modern trainers for the Navy, the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig undertook the design and construction of two brand-new seaplanes between March and June, ^[1] unarmed two-seat biplanes. ^[3] These machines were supplied to the naval base at Putzig along with a batch of four trainers of a different design, numbered 467–470. ^[1]

Specifications

Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
• Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.I , 80 kW (107 hp)

Notes

1. Nowarra 1966, p.78
2. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
3. Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154

References

• Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam.
• Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn.
• Nowarra, Heinz J. (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, Harts: Harleyford Publications.