Bonjour à tous .
In Jane's 1913,historical section ,this plane is depicted as a Farman sold to an german officer
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This very same picture can be found in german generaly well documented books depicted as the by Fritzsche designed and built by Rumpler tandem triplane .
p 167 of P. Supf "deutschen Fluggeschichte ":
A pic.of the uncovered tandem triplane in Rumpler factory in 1909.
In W.Schwipps "Schwerer als Luft" p.133 we can read :
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"The first landplane equiped with floats for the Deutsche Marine was the 1908 Oberleutnant z.See Fritzsche's tandem triplane ,for the Kieler Flugtag ,june 1908.
Fritzsche was killed in an car accident before .
Marine Ing. Carl Loew moved it to Rumpler where it was modified ,and got l the Marine No E 1 ."
In G. Schmitt "Als die Oldtimer flogen "
" Oberleutnant zur See Fritzsche let built the tandem triplane he had designed by Rumpler .
After his death ,his brother gave the plane to Carl Loew ,but it never was able to fly . "
In B.Lange " Typenhandbuch der deutschen Luftfahrttechnik "
"Fritsche designed a tandem monoplane built at Kieler Maschinenfabrik
Mordhorst.After Fritzsche's death it was several times modified by Rumpler .At the end ,it was Taube-like ,and flew in 1911 ,piloted by C. Loew
Loew gave it to the Marine ,where it got the No E 1"
There is a picture in "Luftfahrt international N.7 (1975) showing a Taube depicted as "Marine-Oberingenieur C.Loew on the Fritzsche-Rumpler monoplane.
My query : WHERE IS THE TRUTH ?
Thanks for any help
Cheers
Richard