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Re: Photo AEG G.II
Yes, I had forgotten the early concept of the K-type (aka G-type)
All major sides tried this concept and I believe France was the nation who stuck to it the longest.
But one have to remember that the German concept also included bomb carrying capacity and by 1916 at least the Germans must have felt the "aerial battleship" idea was a dead end, and found with a more offensive (strategic) tactic the same type of aircraft could be better used in a pure "heavy" bombing role.
I don't think they tried to re-invent the wheels in the Balkans but perhaps the early G-types were sent to the Eastern fronts so they at least could use their better capacity a bit longer? Would be interesting to know what these FFA units wanted this and perhaps other G-types to perform?
Cheers
Stig
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