L.F.G. Roland D.VIa
Otto Kissenberth
Luftstreitkrafte Jasta 23b, 1918
(Wings of the Great War WW16001)
- Engine: One 160/180 h.p. Mercedes D.IIIa inline
- Span: 30 ft 10 in
- Length: 20 ft 8 in
- Height: 9 ft 2 in
- Weight: 1,450 lb. empty; 1,896 lb loaded
- Crew: One
- Max Speed: 113 mph at 6,560 ft
- Service Ceiling: 19,000 ft
- Duration: 2 hr
- Armament: Two fixed, forward firing Spandau MG
- Notes: Built by Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft m.b.H. (L.F.G.) with a new "clinker" system of overlapping longitudinal wooden strips for the fuselage. Production was somewhat limited by the superior Fokker D.VII design taking precedence, but these Rolands served both with the German Ari Force and the German Navy (as defensive fighters at seaplane bases).
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