User:MikWes/Caudron G.IV

Photographies

 * Peter Kilduff - "HERMANN GORING - FIGHTER ACE", page 82 (compare page 65)
 * http://www.flickr.com/photos/landoni/2737393738/
 * http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=aaz&datum=19170304&seite=17

Identification data

 * Unit, s/n: C 1?
 * G.4 squadrons (army cooperation): C 4, C 6, C 9, C 10-11, C 13, C 17-18, C 21, C 27-28, C 30, C 34, C 39, C 42-43, C 46-47, C 51, C 53, C 56, C 61, C 64, C 74, C 104-106, C 122
 * G.4 squadrons (artillery observation): C 202, C 207, C 219-220, C 222, C 224-227
 * G.4 squadrons (bombing): C 104-106, C 122, C 66
 * on displayed at the German "Luftkriegsbeute-Ausstellung" in Berlin, Feb. 17th 1917
 * powered by two 9 cyl Le Rhone 80hp engines
 * Pierrette* emblem on front (* http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=aaz&datum=19170304&seite=16&zoom=33)
 * According to http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=aaz&datum=19170304&seite=12
 * Caudron Nr. 1184
 * captured in July 1916 (emergency landing, barely damaged)
 * According to "Offizieller Führer durch die Deutsche Luftkriegsbeute-Ausstellung Dortmund-Fredenbaum" (http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/werkansicht/?PPN=PPN719056489&PHYSID=PHYS_0042&USE=800) most likely:
 * Caudron Nr. 1182 [most probably wrong, since there exists a photo showing no C 1184]
 * 2 Le Rhone 80 hp engines Nos 1083 and 2321
 * downed by Leutnant Voß on July 1st 1916 near "Nargny-au-Cerises" (sic, -> Margny-aux-Cerises, SE of Roye) [might be propaganda, Voß has his 1st confirmed kill in Nov 1916]
 * right engine shot up, overturned on landing
 * According to Jon Guttman, "Caudron G.4, Windsock Datafile 96", pg 23
 * captured by German forces during 1917
 * harlequin nose insignia indicates service with either Esc. C.207 or C.217
 * Photos from Kees Kort Collection on flickr
 * Left side: https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/40859694361/in/photostream/
 * Right side: https://www.flickr.com/photos/varese2002/40859639281/in/photostream/
 * Right side reveals markings:
 * C 1184
 * 180
 * 320