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After the restoration of the Aviatik C.III, a small section of the original fabric was saved and placed on display near the corresponding section of rear fuselage. This is the sole surviving example of the 80 Aviatik C.IIIs built and is c/n 1996. It is on display in the 'WW1' hangar at the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego. Krakow, Poland. 23-8-2013. It's history is given in the following info taken from the museum website:- "The reconnaissance aircraft Aviatik C.III was designed in 1916 at the Aviatik Flugzeugwerke works in Leipzig, and was an improved variant of the earlier, C.I version used by the German aviation since 1915. The C.III, similar to the C.I version was not produced in great numbers – only 80 aircraft were built in the years 1916–1918. It was caused by the decision of the last months of 1916, to switch the factory's industrial capabilities to the licence production of a more modern and more useful DFW C.V. The Aviatik C.III airframes differed from the earlier versions in having an improved front fairing; a propeller spinner and radio equipment were also added. During World War I, the Aviatik C.III aircraft were used in the German aviation units as reconnaissance machines and occasionally as escorts. In 1919, 7 Aviatik aircraft were commandeered by Polish military authorities on the ex-Prussian annexed territories, 3 of which were subsequently handed over to the Pilot's School in Poznań. Flying the 12342/17 aircraft, f/lt Wiktor Lang fatally crashed on the 4th of February 1920. The remaining 4 aircraft probably were never used. The exhibited C12250/17 fuselage of the single-engine, all-wooden Aviatik C.III biplane comes from 1917 and remains the only survivor in the world. Discovered during restoration, remains of a radio installation prove the service of the aircraft at a radio operators' school, or as a reconnaissance plane on the Western Front." |
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