Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay are two photos of German operated Tauben at:


https://www.ebay.fr/itm/PHOTO-ORIGIN...IAAOSwk8pfmbJo


https://www.ebay.fr/itm/PHOTO-ORIGIN...8AAOSwsLdfmaP2


The serial of the first machine may reas A.13/** which doesn't help to narrow down the identity much:)


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

I agree the first photo shows either A.13 or A.15/xx

Since I have a photo of A.13/13 I can say it is not that one, unless the bestellnummer has been re-painted, which seems far fetched.

As far as I know all early orders in the 1911 - 1913 were from the Rumpler factory, so A.13/11, A.13/12 and/or A.15/11 to A.15/13 looks like reasonable assumptions....

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hi Stig,


Thanks for the response. I've has some more time to think about the first photo since posting. As you recognise the style of serial may be significant in identify the aircraft shown and the full serial.I suspect we both have the same photo of A.13/13 and I'd agree its probably a different machine.


I'm not sure if you've got P.M. Grosz's WDF 104 but having looked at it again, it has a photo of A.10/12 which looks much more archaic than the aircraft here. So I'm inclined to think the machine is either /13 or /14.Looking at the style of serial I thought that it looked not unlike the photo of Gotha LE.2 on Kees Kort's flicker page at : https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/32400077541 Also, while Tauben resemble each other I thought that this LE.2 resembles the second machine in my post - alas the crash has disfigured the front end of the machine in the first photo, but if it is the same type of Taube, or even the same Taube, might it be an LE.2? and A.13/14 or possibly A.15/14. I have no definite identifications for either of those serials, so it may be possible.


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hi Clint

I do have the WDF 104, and also tried to update the production list.

With regard to the Rumpler Taube which contains A.13/xx or A.15/xx I have the following:
A.1/11, A.3/11 to A.11/11
A.1/12 to A.15/12
A.1/13 to A.26/13

When it comes to /14 I have very few Rumpler aircraft, only A.6/14 in fact among the first 15.

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello Stig,


Yes , I have to sayt he record for A category aircraft of 1914 is almost uniquely patchy. I don't have anything for the teens at all and the first 70 odd serials are more blank than complete. Strange that this should be so, as the B category machines from the same year while still having many blanks is a lot more complete. It justs adds to the frustration of not being able to read the full serial on the aircraft in the first link.


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a nice photo of a Taube at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Rumpler...wAAOSwEVdfpjm~


Presumably a civilian aircraft.


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of Rumpler Taube A.38/12 at:


https://www.ebay.fr/itm/PHOTO-ORIGIN...QAAOSwoKBfz6mE



A further photo of this aircraft can be seen in the thread on German aircraft in the Balkans.


Does anyone know the type designation of this Rumpler?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay are a series of photos of a Taube, Gotha LE.2 A.121/13 or A.124/13 (?) at :


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Offiz-K...8AAOSwwyVf9K3J


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a Taube, probably Albatros A.73/13 at:


https://www.ebay.fr/itm/PHOTO-ORIGIN...QAAOSwY8BgEFcY


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a Gotha LE.3, serial possibly A.29*/14 at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/294299044226...oAAOSwcC1g~97T


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is an exceptional photo of Rumpler Taube A.10/12 at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/255135448670...4AAOSwCAhhQMNN


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a crashed Taube captioned by the seller as belonging to FFA 22 with a personal name of some form


https://www.ebay.de/itm/135182080556...Bk9SR4SugK-mZA



Other photos of aircraft captioned as belonging to FFA 22 can be seen at


https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_dkr=...%20feldflieger



Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Clint

The name is possibly Jatho since he did build his own version of the Taube.

I find it a bit odd FFA 22 should have kept such a name on their aircraft, so perhaps what we
thus see is a trainer used by a school somewhere?
Did Jatho himself operate any?

Cheers
Stilg

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

Good thinking Stig. I'd become fixated on whether it was a O or or U (slaps forehead).


I've had a look at the details for Jatho Tauben in de Vries and I think that the rudder on the machine in the photo very much resembles Jatho's Stahltaube,although the machine seems to differ in detail.Still very possibly his 1913/14 Taube. Not clear from de Vries or Lange's Typenhandbuch whether he operated his own aircraft at his training school.Definitelynumerous military in the photo though.


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photos German Tauben
 

He,he Clint :)

I am usually quite weary of wrecks when things get twisted and bent and without
any references with me in the Greenland fiords my bet would still be with Jato.

Cheers
Stig