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Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke, usually known as DFW, was a German aircraft manufacturer of the early twentieth century. It was established by

Bernhard Meyer Bernhard Meyer (24 August 1767 – 1 January 1836) was a German physician and naturalist. Meyer was the joint author, with Philipp Gottfried Gaertner (1754–1825) and Johannes Scherbius (1769–1813) of ''Oekonomisch-technische Flor ...

and Erich Thiele at Lindenthal in 1910, and initially produced

Farman Farman Aviation Works () was a French aircraft company founded and run by the brothers Richard, Henri, and Maurice Farman. They designed and constructed aircraft and engines from 1908 until 1936; during the French nationalization and rational ...

designs under licence, later moving on to the

Etrich Taube The Etrich ''Taube'', also known by the names of the various later manufacturers who built versions of the type, such as the Rumpler ''Taube'', was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft. It was the first military aeroplane to be mass-produced in ...

and eventually to its own designs. One of these, the

DFW C.V The DFW C.IV, DFW C.V, DFW C.VI, and DFW F37 were a family of German reconnaissance aircraft first used in 1916 in World War I. They were conventionally configured biplanes with unequal-span unstaggered wings and seating for the pilot and observer ...

reconnaissance aircraft, was produced to the extent of several thousand machines, including license production by other firms. When Bernhard Meyer died in April 1917, his son-in-law Kurt Herrmann became general director of DFW. After the end of the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, under the terms of the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty signed on 28 June 1919. As the most important treaty of World War I, it ended the state of war between Germany and most of the Allies of World War I, Allied Powers. It was signed in the Palace ...

, the DFW had to cease operations by 18 December 1919. Plans to develop civil aircraft after the war proved fruitless. On Herrmann's initiative, the company was bought by on 16 June 1919.

Aircraft

* DFW Mars * DFW B.I * DFW C.I *

DFW C.III __NOTOC__ The DFW C.III was a German reconnaissance aircraft produced during World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two c ...

* DFW D.I * DFW D.II *

DFW R.I __NOTOC__ The DFW R.I (company designation T26) was a heavy bomber () aircraft designed by the (DFW) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's () Imperial German Air Service (). One bomber was built and it only flew two combat m ...

DFW R.II The DFW R.II (company designation T26 II) was a heavy bomber () aircraft designed by the (DFW) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's () Imperial German Air Service (). Six aircraft were ordered in late 1916; of these three we ...

DFW R.III The DFW R.III was a heavy bomber () biplane aircraft to be built by the (DFW) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's () Imperial German Air Service (). Design work had begun two months before the end of the war in November 19 ...

* DFW T.28 Floh

References

* {{Authority control Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany