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- Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building

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-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bomber biplanes during World War I. The raid on London in 1916 was conducted by one LVG C.IV. It dropped its bombs near

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, but was shot down by French anti-aircraft gunners on its way home.

Aircraft

Own designs

* LVG B.I - reconnaissance and later trainer aircraft * LVG B.II - reconnaissance and later trainer aircraft * LVG B.III - trainer aircraft * LVG C.I - first tandem-seated aircraft with observer-manned machine gun *

LVG C.II The LVG C.II was a 1910s German two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed at the Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft for the ''Luftstreitkräfte''. Development The C.II was developed from the LVG B.I, with the pilot and observer positions reversed, add ...

- reconnaissance aircraft * LVG C.IV - reconnaissance aircraft *

LVG C.V The LVG C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in large numbers in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, 615 Design and development The C.V was a conventional two-bay biplane design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tand ...

- reconnaissance aircraft * LVG C.VI - more than 1,000 aircraft of this type were produced * LVG C.VIII - prototype only *

LVG C.IX Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. (L.V.G. or LVG) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin- Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bom ...

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LVG D 10 Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. (L.V.G. or LVG) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin- Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bom ...

LVG D.II The LVG D.II (company designation D 12) was a German fighter plane built by LVG in World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between ...

- prototype only * LVG D.III - prototype only *

LVG D.IV __NOTOC__ The LVG D.IV was a German fighter plane built by LVG in World War I. Design The D.IV was similar to the D.III in having a plywood covered semi-monocoque fuselage, but the 195hp Benz Bz IIIb V-8 direct drive engine allowed for a cleane ...

- prototype only *

LVG D.V The LVG D.V was a prototype German biplane fighter built by LVG in World War I. Design The D.V was a single-seat biplane fighter which featured a slab-sided plywood-covered fuselage as well as equal span wings, both of which had straight leadin ...

- prototype only * LVG D.VI - prototype only *

LVG E.I The LVG E.I was a German two-seat monoplane of World War I. The E.I was unusual among monoplanes of its time in that it featured ailerons as opposed to the then-conventional (for monoplanes) wing warping Wing warping was an early system for la ...

- experimental aircraft with two machine guns * LVG G.I - bomber aircraft * LVG G.II - triplane * LVG G.III - triplane bomber designed by Schütte-Lanz but built by LVG, the Schütte-Lanz G.V

Other aircraft manufactured at LVG

Albatros B.II The Albatros B.II, (post-war company designation L.2) was an unarmed two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. It was the aircraft that brought Albatros Flugzeugwerke to th ...

Albatros C.II The Albatros C.II was a 1916 German military pusher biplane designed and built by . Only one prototype was built and the type did not enter production. Design The C.II used the wings and landing gear of the earlier C.I but was fitted with a sh ...

* Gotha G.IV *

Sablatnig SF 5 The Sablatnig SF-5 was a reconnaissance seaplane produced in Germany during the First World War.Taylor 1989, p.787 Design and development Designed to meet a specification by the Imperial German Navy for a higher-powered replacement for the Sab ...

Aircraft

Own designs

Other aircraft manufactured at LVG

Further reading