Daimler D IVa

[Mercedesofthesky]

Daimler D IVa located in storage at the Powerhouse Discovery Center in Sydney, Australia


Mercedes D IVa by Oesau, on Flickr


Mercedes D IVa by Oesau, on Flickr

[uncletony]

Ooooooooh very cool thank you

[Jamo]

Nice photos, thanks for sharing 

[pepperman42]

I did a quick google search on this one and got directly into Jamo's Photobucket account and a profile for a model named Mercedes Diva. What I couldnt find was the aircraft types it was used in - mostly bombers? By the way Ms Diva does NOT do nude photography.

Steve

[uncletony]

I found this Wiki article with a list of applications, mostly two seaters it appears...

Daimler D.iVa

[GAJouette]

  James,
Very impressive photos my old friend. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette

[Mercedesofthesky]

You're welcome and thanks for the comments.

I'll post the photos of the D IIIa located in storage there as well as well as the D III fitted to the unit installed in the Fokker D.VI at Lelysted (Netherlands).

The shame of the D IVa was that it has been painted over and the M.N. number is not readable so wasn't able to determine where the engine was delivered to. The D III on the other hand was in the same batch as the engine that is fitted to the Albatros D.Va at the AWM in Canberra (note that the engine in the Albatros is not the actual engine that the aircraft was captured with).

[Whiteknuckles]

...The D III on the other hand was in the same batch as the engine that is fitted to the Albatros D.Va at the AWM in Canberra (note that the engine in the Albatros is not the actual engine that the aircraft was captured with)...

Interesting....I've always been interested in the AWM's Albie, do you know the fate of the original engine/any other details?

Andrew

[uncletony]

probably at the back of the camshaft bevel gear housing.