Postcard ID Help Needed
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay there is a postcard showing several early, probably pre WW.I aircraft. Can anyone help with the machines at the bottom left and bottom right. It can be viewed at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/AK-Flugplatz...sAAOSwEwpeZS6j



Bottom left is a LVG B.I. I believe that it has B17 on the rudder, but can anyone read the year number?


Bottom right is a Taube of some sort. Again can anyone read the serial?


TIA,


Clint

Re: Postcard ID Help Needed
 

Hi Clint

Hard to do miracles !

B17 could be

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Bertrand

Re: Postcard ID Help Needed
 

Hi Bertrand,


Yes, mircales are tricky, but thanks for trying anyway. Any opinion on what's on the fin of the Taube?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Postcard ID Help Needed
 

Looks like "A.2", the 1911-1915 class code for monoplanes=A (mostly "Taube" types). I think this one from Etrich judging by the tailplane.
Nick

Re: Postcard ID Help Needed
 

Hello Nick,,


I'm more than happy to go with your judgement on a Rumpler. I read it with no degree of certainty at all, small 7 (but could be small 2), / large 13. As both A.2/13 and A.7/13 were based at Köln either would be plausible, but once again I don't feel particularly definite about what I'm seeing.


Regards,


Clint