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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Aircraft Information/Questions => Topic started by: Manni on August 30, 2018, 11:03:46 PM

Title: Which FE2b is this?
Post by: Manni on August 30, 2018, 11:03:46 PM
Hello my fellows,
I was straving through the endless internet and just found a picture of a FE, that impressed me a lot.
Does anyone know, what kind of FE it is and may be is some one able to translate the markings?

(http://fs1.directupload.net/images/180830/y84lj8gr.jpg) (http://www.directupload.net)
Source: GooglePics

Thanks a lot in advance,
Bye,
Manni
Title: Re: Which FE2b is this?
Post by: Juan on August 30, 2018, 11:25:33 PM
Sorry Manni but I do not have an answer, just wanted to thank you for posting such a cool FE.
Title: Re: Which FE2b is this?
Post by: Jamo on August 31, 2018, 05:08:44 PM
I believe this is a fantasy 'what if' aircraft based on an MF11 that actually flew

(https://alchetron.com/cdn/japanese-seaplane-carrier-wakamiya-4f8e21df-3f2d-48e9-af7d-3f1633dc9f7-resize-750.jpeg)

Wakamiya (Japanese: 若宮丸, later 若宮艦) was a seaplane carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the first Japanese aircraft carrier. She was converted from a transport ship into a seaplane carrier and commissioned in August 1914. She was equipped with four Japanese-built French Maurice Farman seaplanes (powered by Renault 70 hp (52 kW) engines). In September 1914, she conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids.

From 5 September 1914, Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids during the first months of the First World War from Kiaochow Bay off Tsingtao, which is located in China. On 6 September 1914 a Farman aircraft launched by Wakamiya attacked the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth and the German gunboat Jaguar in Qiaozhou Bay; neither ship was hit. Her seaplanes bombarded German-held land targets (communication centers and command centers) in the Tsingtao peninsula of Shandong province and ships in Qiaozhou Bay from September to 6 November 1914, during the Siege of Tsingtao.
Title: Re: Which FE2b is this?
Post by: Manni on August 31, 2018, 08:43:43 PM
Wow! What a great knowledge of this period! Thank you James for your response and this great background.
Bye,
Manni
Title: Re: Which FE2b is this?
Post by: RLWP on August 31, 2018, 09:22:54 PM
Excellent stuff, James
Title: Re: Which FE2b is this?
Post by: Jamo on September 01, 2018, 02:37:34 PM
Wow! What a great knowledge of this period! Thank you James for your response and this great background.
Bye,
Manni

Um er thanks Manni. I am just a good Google operator ;-)