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Otto O W C II (1916) K 2 MG: 1

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• Kees Kort said:

  This picture is scanned from a 1923 German language book. Langsdorff, Werner von. 1923. Taschenbuch der Luftflotten The short description Otto O W C II (1916) K 2 MG: 1 means for K 2 - Kampfflugzeug 2 [two seat warplane] O W stands for Otto-Werke, MG 1 (one machine gun) The Otto C.II was the last product of the Otto Werke (1915), which changed hand to Bayerische Flugzeug Werke [B.F.W.]. The design was a conventional two-seat reconnaissance biplane with a distinguishing triangular construction on the upper wing (never seen on any other German biplane reconnaissance type of the period). Their is another picture of the rare Otto C.II in the University of Dalles Collection - Ed Ferko collection libtreasures.utdallas.edu/xmlui/handle/10735.1/1315