Accident at Johannisthal, the old mecca of German aviation. It was alternatively called Adlershof ('eagle's yard') after another adjacent Berlin neighbourhood. DLR were based here between 1919 and 1922 when they moved to Staaken. Before the allocation of D numbers from March 1920, the airline's aeroplanes got a fleet number, still worn here in small print. The aircraft is a LVG C.VI Kabine although the cabin of the converted reconnaissance plane is crushed here. D-14 had another crash near Hamburg on 8 May 1922, but was repaired, and seems to have survived with successor airlines Deutscher Aero Lloyd and DLH until 1928. Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

2nd prototype

'The first Frenchman after the war in Johannisthal.' Special long-range Bre 14 with fairing behind observer's head and external fuel tanks from old Breguet Br.M5 aircraft, increasing range to 1000 km. The pilot is Henry Roget with his fox terrier Folette and mechanic Rodes. They made a grand tour through Eastern Europe from 9 June to 8 September 1920. However, 9128 is also said to have belonged to the French military mission in Poland and to have made courier flights to Riga during the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921). Photo from: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich

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Revised livery with red cross tail logo

Original livery

Lifting off runway 05R en route to Bolzano (Italy). Leased from Luxwing.

Leased from Luxwing.