Halberstadt C.VIII

Hello Friends,

I have recently received a very nice gift from one of our members. This one is a original "1918" template for the production of ribs of most probably the late war time production Halberstadt C.VIII. At present I am trying to figure out if this is the truth or not. So I am searching for any documents on that specific type. Photographs, articles or something else would be highly appreciated.

The results of my findings will - as usually - be published in form of a report whithin our website for all to see.

Thank you for your help.

Your´s
Achim Sven Engels

[leo]

German Aircraft of the First World War, Gray and Thetford, Putnam, London, 1962 Says only one built. 245 HP Maybach, 180 kph, climb to 9000m 58 min. 3 1/2 hr. duration. Span 39' 4" Length 24' 1 3/8

height 9' 8!/8" wing area 356 SG FT. weight 2042 LBS, loaded 2,999 LBS.


leo

This is very interesting, since the template is without doubt of an "Type V.III" aircraft. this is written with a pencil on the front and is stamped in large letters on the back of the template, too.

According to the previous owner this originally belonged to a lot of Halberstadt parts of which he aquired a few pieces.

In case the template really is for the rib production of this aircraft it would be a very unique piece.

Thanks for the information. I will investigate further.