WWI German flying boat
| W.18
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| Umberto Calvello with personnel of 261st Squadron next to the wreckage of A91 shot down and captured on 4 May 1918
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| Role
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Fighter flying boat Type of aircraft
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| Manufacturer
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Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeug-Werke
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| First flight
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1917
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| Primary users
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Austro-Hungarian Navy
Kaiserliche Marine
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| Produced
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49
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| Developed from
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Hansa-Brandenburg CC
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The Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of World War I. It was used by both the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
Development and design
The Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 during 1916 for use by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It was a single engined, single seater flying boat, with a Hiero 6 pusher engine mounted between the wings. It had single-bay wings, with the unusual "Star-Strutter" arrangement of bracing struts (where four Vee struts joined in the center of the wing bay to result in a "star" arrangement) shared with the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I, Hansa-Brandenburg CC, and Hansa-Brandenburg KDW.
Operational history
Austro-Hungary received 47 Hansa Brandenburg W.18 aircraft, from September 1917 to May 1918, using them to provide air-defence for ports and naval bases along the Adriatic sea coast. One Benz-engine example was delivered to the Imperial German Navy.
