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Originally Posted by musec04
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Knowing my, should we say, limitations regarding German two-seaters I called upon
the help of Kees Kort whose knowledge about such things far outstrip my own feeble
trials and mostly errors anyway....
The so called Friedrichshafen FF.6 is particularly interesting, since Jack Herris is the only
author suggesting it ever existed! No German historian has anything to say about any FF.6
Checking his files Kees has come to the conclusion these photos are of an Albatros pre-war
two-seater that Albatros themselves called Militär-Doppeldecker. The Bestellnummer
was rather B.203/13 than /14
The identity of what is listed as Albatros-Breguet B.50/12 is possibly the aircraft bought by
Albatros in 1912 directly from Breguet. It should be noted that Albatros did not acquire a
license from Breguet until 1913 and it is unknown if they actually built any.
Photos published just may be the original (Renault engine) later rebuilt with an Argus one.
The Aviatik is quite correctly that and was dubbed Aviatik Schuldoppeldecker at the time.
Cheers
Stig