LVG

Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft A.G. · Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft m.b.H. · Luftfahrtbetriebs-GmbH

A Berlin firm that began selling advertising flights in airships became Germany’s second-largest aircraft maker of the First World War, and one of its two-seaters was the first aeroplane to bomb London.

1910تأسست

متوقف عن العمل عام 1919حالة

8الطائرات المسجلة

1القوات الجوية التي تحلق بأنواعها

Photo: Lt. William A. Barnhill, 91st Aero Squadron, Air Service, U.S. Army / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

دولةألمانياتأسست1910المؤسسونArthur Müllerالمقر الرئيسيJohannisthal airfield, Berlinحالةمتوقف عن العمل عام 1919

القصة

LVG: the company and the aircraft that made its name

Six bombs near Victoria Station

On 28 November 1916 a single German two-seater crossed the English coast in daylight and dropped six bombs near Victoria Station. London had been bombed before, but only by Zeppelins. This was the first fixed-wing aircraft to bomb London, and it was an LVG C.IV from the Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft at Johannisthal, Berlin. The raid did little damage, and the aircraft was brought down by French anti-aircraft fire on the way home, but it pointed to the kind of war that was coming.

From airship adverts to aeroplanes

LVG had not started out building aeroplanes at all. Its roots lay in a company founded in 1910 as the Luftfahrtbetriebs-GmbH to sell passenger and advertising flights in Parseval airships. The airships were popular but technically troublesome, and many bookings could never be flown. In 1911 the firm hired the Swiss engineer Franz Schneider as chief designer, and from 1912 the reorganised Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft A.G. turned to aircraft, first Farman-type machines and then Schneider’s own B- and C-series biplanes. In 1913 Schneider patented a gun-firing mechanism for aircraft.

Second only to Albatros

War made LVG enormous. Its C.I was the first German front-line two-seater whose observer had a machine gun on a swivelling ring mount, and its C.VI, with about 1,100 built, became one of the standard reconnaissance aircraft of 1918. In 1913 LVG delivered 60 aircraft with 300 workers; in May 1918 alone, 174 left the works and the payroll stood at 3,500. Over the war it built 5,640 aircraft, more than any German maker except Albatros. Young designers who passed through included Ernst Heinkel and Walter Rethel. Peace and the Versailles restrictions finished it, and the company was liquidated in 1919.

لمحة سريعة

LVG in numbers

الشركة

باختصار

Founded 1910

Founded in Berlin as the Luftfahrtbetriebs-GmbH, an airship advertising venture
Reorganised as Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft A.G. in 1912
Based at Johannisthal airfield
Liquidated in 1919

إنتاج

اشتهر بـ

LVG C.VI

5,640 aircraft built during the First World War
C.VI: about 1,100 built
C.II: about 300 built
Also licence-built Albatros and Gotha types

اليوم

الآن

متوقف عن العمل منذ عام 1919

Surviving C.VIs are displayed in museums

الأرقام

الطائرات التي تم بناؤها في الحرب العالمية الأولى: 5,6401914–1918
موظفين: 3001913
موظفين: 3,5001918
Aircraft delivered in May 1918: 174
LVG C.VI built: about 1,100

الطائرة

Every notable LVG aircraft

الطائرات	دور	الرحلة الأولى	تم البناء	حالة	ملحوظة
LVG B.I	Reconnaissance, later trainer	1912		متقاعد	The company’s first original design; also licence-built by Euler and Otto
LVG C.I	الاستطلاع المسلح			متقاعد	First German front-line two-seater with a ring-mounted observer’s gun
LVG C.II	Armed reconnaissance and light bomber		about 300	متقاعد
LVG C.IV	طائرات الاستطلاع والقاذفات الخفيفة			متقاعد	First fixed-wing aircraft to bomb London, 28 November 1916
LVG C.V	استطلاع	1917		متقاعد
LVG C.VI	استطلاع	1917	1,100	متقاعد	LVG’s most-produced type
LVG E.I	Experimental armed monoplane			متقاعد	Fitted with two machine guns
LVG G.III	Triplane bomber			متقاعد	Schütte-Lanz design built by LVG

من يقودهم؟

LVG aircraft in the world’s air forces

1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew LVG types. لا يوجد أي منها لا يزال يستخدمها.

القوات الجوية	في الخدمة	كانت تُنقل جواً سابقاً
القوات الجوية الليتوانية		LVG C.VI

الأماكن، الأشخاص، السجلات

Where LVG built, who led it, what it achieved

المصانع

Johannisthal works · Johannisthal airfield, Berlin — Main plant; 3,500 workers in May 1918

الناس

Arthur Müller · founder — His Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft m.b.H. was the forerunner of LVG A.G.
Franz Schneider · chief designer from 1911 — Designed the B- and C-types and patented an aircraft gun-firing mechanism in 1913
Ernst Heinkel · engineer — Later founded his own aircraft company
Walter Rethel · engineer

الأرقام القياسية والأولويات

LVG C.IV: first fixed-wing aircraft to bomb London, 28 November 1916
LVG C.I: first German front-line two-seater with a movable observer’s gun on a ring mount
Second-largest German aircraft maker of the First World War after Albatros

الجدول الزمني

LVG, year by year

1910

Luftfahrtbetriebs-GmbH founded for Parseval airship passenger and advertising flights

1911

Franz Schneider hired as chief designer

1912

Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft A.G. formed; aircraft production begins, first Farman types

1912

Design of the B.I, the first original LVG aircraft

1913

60 aircraft delivered with 300 workers; Schneider patents a gun-firing device

1916

An LVG C.IV bombs London near Victoria Station

1917

C.VI first flight

1918

Peak output: 174 aircraft in a month, 3,500 employees

1919

Company liquidated

أسئلة وأجوبة

Everything people ask about LVG

What does LVG stand for?

Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, literally Air Transport Company, a Berlin aircraft maker of the First World War.

How many aircraft did LVG build?

5,640 during the First World War, making it the second-largest German manufacturer after Albatros.

What was the first aeroplane to bomb London?

An LVG C.IV, which dropped six bombs near Victoria Station on 28 November 1916.

What was LVG’s most important aircraft?

The C.VI reconnaissance two-seater of 1917, of which about 1,100 were built.

واصل الجولة

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