__NOTOC__ Imperial German Navy seaplane Number 945 was the sole example of a unique seaplane design produced during the First World War.Nowarra 1966, p.78Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154Taylor 1989, 547 Throughout the war, the

Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelmshaven Imperial Shipyard) was a German shipbuilding company in Wilhelmshaven, founded in 1871 and closed in 1918. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Kiel it was one of three shi ...

had been producing small numbers of training seaplanes for the German Navy, but as the conflict continued, they built a small number of armed types as well, including Number 945. While the general layout of this aircraft was conventional enough for its day, it included a number of unusual features. The single-bay wings were braced with single, large I-struts, and the vertical stabiliser was virtually non-existent, consisting of little more than a stub on the dorsal side of the rear fuselage. The rudder was hinged to the end of the fuselage and hung down below it. The Navy classified it as a C3MG type; indicating armament with both fixed and trainable machine guns.Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.113 Number 945 was ordered in 1917, and a photograph of the completed aircraft exists, bearing its military markings and serial number. However, there is no record of this aircraft ever being delivered to the Navy.

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