The Halberstadt C.V was a German single-engined

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Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke or Halberstadt was a German aircraft manufacturer. It was formed on 9 April 1912 under the name ''Deutsche Bristol Werke Flugzeug-Gesellschaft mbH'' in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony. History The British-German j ...

. Derived from the Halberstadt C.III, with a more powerful supercharged 160 kW (220 hp) Benz Bz.IVü engine, it saw service only in the final months of the war. Cameras were mounted in the observer's cockpit floor. The aircraft had very good flight characteristics, especially maneuverability and rate of climb, and was among best German World War I aircraft in its class.Peter M. Grosz: ''Halberstadt C.V'', Windsock Datafile no. 69, Albatros Productions, 1998, , p.1, 4, 6, 10 First aircraft appeared in front in late June 1918.

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- Postwar. ; * Lithuanian Air Force - Postwar, 10 aircraft and 6 unlicensed copies, used from 1919 to late 1920s ; * Polish Air Force - 11 aircraft, used during Polish-Soviet War in 1919-1920Morgała, Andrzej (1997). ''Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1918-1924''. Warsaw: Lampart. , p.79 ; *

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Survivors

A single C.V (S/No. 3471/18) survives at the '' Musée Royal de l'Armée et d'Histoire Militaire'' in Brussels, Belgium.

Specifications (C.V)

References

Bibliography

* Gerdessen, Frederik. "Estonian Air Power 1918 – 1945". ''

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'', No. 18, April – July 1982. pp. 61–76. .

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