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170:2 Ă— CL.I/CL.II, 1 Ă— CL.III
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38:Please help
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1904:Halberstadt
1783:Halberstadt
1358:Halberstadt
324:Performance
312:Powerplant:
246:BFW type 18
230:BFW type 17
1959:Categories
1429:LFG Roland
374:References
66:newspapers
55:"BFW CL.I"
1652:Sablatnig
294:Wingspan:
1975:Biplanes
1886:Albatros
1806:Hannover
1698:Zeppelin
1406:Hannover
1325:Germania
1072:Albatros
428:aircraft
339:Armament
220:Variants
178:BFW CL.I
1932:Junkers
1834:Junkers
1765:Daimler
1589:Rumpler
1160:Aviatik
741:P 08.01
715:ZMe 423
625:MeC 164
288:Length:
206:Type 18
80:scholar
1917:CLS.II
1819:CL.III
1750:CL.III
1632:C.VIII
1510:C.VIII
1457:C.VIII
1391:C.VIII
1279:Fokker
1218:Caspar
1203:C.VIII
1140:C.XIII
1115:C.VIII
1057:C.VIII
1004:C.VIII
866:P.1112
861:P.1111
856:P.1110
851:P.1109
846:P.1108
841:P.1107
836:P.1106
831:P.1104
826:P.1103
821:P.1102
816:P.1101
811:P.1100
806:P.1099
801:P.1095
796:P.1092
791:P.1091
786:P.1079
781:P.1075
776:P.1073
771:P.1070
766:P.1065
761:P.1064
756:P.1062
751:P.1061
746:P.1034
725:Me 609
720:Me 509
710:Me 410
705:Me 409
700:Me 334
695:Me 329
690:Me 328
685:Me 323
680:Me 321
675:Me 310
670:Me 309
665:Me 265
660:Me 264
655:Me 263
650:Me 262
645:Me 261
640:Me 210
635:Me 209
630:Bf 165
620:Me 163
615:Bf 163
610:Bf 162
605:Bf 161
600:Me 155
595:Bf 110
590:Bf 109
585:Bf 108
451:CL.III
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255:CL.III
252:engine
195:CL.III
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1940:CLS.I
1922:CLS.X
1912:CLS.I
1894:CLS.I
1865:CL.II
1814:CL.II
1796:CL.IV
1791:CL.II
1755:CL.IV
1745:CL.II
1670:C.III
1627:C.VII
1607:C.III
1571:Pfalz
1505:C.VII
1485:C.III
1447:C.III
1386:C.VII
1376:C.III
1343:C.III
1297:C.III
1254:C.III
1198:C.VII
1178:C.III
1145:C.XIV
1135:C.XII
1110:C.VII
1090:C.III
1052:C.VII
1032:C.III
999:C.VII
979:C.III
904:Aldon
885:XC-44
876:USAAC
456:CL.IV
446:CL.II
347:Guns:
282:Crew:
261:CL.IV
241:CL.II
235:CL.Ia
214:CL.II
199:CL.IV
191:CL.Ia
126:Role
121:CL.I
87:JSTOR
73:books
1878:CLS-
1860:CL.I
1842:CL.I
1824:CL.V
1773:CL.I
1740:CL.I
1711:C.II
1665:C.II
1637:C.IX
1622:C.VI
1612:C.IV
1602:C.II
1561:C.II
1548:Otto
1538:C.II
1515:C.IX
1500:C.VI
1490:C.IV
1480:C.II
1442:C.II
1419:C.IV
1396:C.IX
1371:C.II
1348:C.IV
1338:C.II
1292:C.II
1269:C.VI
1259:C.IV
1249:C.II
1208:C.IX
1193:C.VI
1183:C.IV
1173:C.II
1150:C.XV
1130:C.XI
1120:C.IX
1105:C.VI
1095:C.IV
1085:C.II
1062:C.IX
1047:C.VI
1037:C.IV
1027:C.II
994:C.VI
984:C.IV
974:C.II
569:M 37
564:M 36
559:M 35
554:M 33
549:M 31
544:M 30
539:M 29
534:M 28
529:M 27
524:M 26
519:M 25
514:M 24
509:M 23
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499:M 21
494:M 20
489:M 19
484:M 18
479:M 17
441:CL.I
385:ISBN
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225:CL.I
176:The
59:news
1732:BFW
1724:CL-
1706:C.I
1688:C.I
1660:C.I
1642:C.X
1617:C.V
1597:C.I
1579:C.I
1556:C.I
1533:C.I
1525:OAW
1495:C.V
1475:C.I
1467:LVG
1452:C.V
1437:C.I
1414:C.I
1381:C.V
1366:C.I
1333:C.I
1315:C.I
1287:C.I
1264:C.V
1244:C.I
1236:DFW
1226:C.I
1188:C.V
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1100:C.V
1080:C.I
1042:C.V
1022:C.I
1014:AGO
989:C.V
969:C.I
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461:N.I
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