Austro-Hungarian Navy Pfalz E.Is Schupita's k.u.k. Seeflieger

[alexmehtidis]

Hello from Greece,


I'm writing an article on Austro-Hungarian aviation in the Adriatic,
Italy proper and the Balkans and I am really confused about something.

A) Could any of you tell me if the Austro-Hungarian Navy used any Pfalz
E.Is?

H. Woodman has a photo of a Pfalz E.I with the caption ' Pfalz E.I
streaks off slipway at Pola, Austro-Hungarian Naval Base, late 1916 '
in Cross & Cockade Vol. 2 No. 3 1971.
Hauke, Erwin et. al. ' Die flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918, mention Fokker E.IIIs but nothing about the Pfalz.
Nor do Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen in ' German aircraft of the First
World War '.

Any confusion between the Pfalz E.I and the Fokker E.I ? There were
two Fokker E.Is - designated Etrich A.I ( Fd ) & A.II ( Fd ) in the
Austro-Hungarian Army Aviation ( Grosz, Peter M. et. al.,' Austro-Hungarian
army aircraft of World War One ' ) - before E.IIIs ( designated A.IIIs
by the Austro-Hungarians ) arrived.

B) Could anyone, too, tell me where I could possibly get hold of
Peter Schupita's 'Die k.u.k. Seeflieger, Chronik und Dokumentation
der oesterreichisch-ungarischen Marineluftwaffe 1911-1918' Koblenz :
Bernard & Grafe, 1983 ? I've been trying desperately to find it anywhere
but no chance.

Thanks, Alexis Mehtidis

[GrzeM]

Hi!
Austro-Hungarian Navy used Pfalz E.II, rather for tests than for operations.
In Hauke book there is a photo of Austro-Hungarian Pfalz E.II on the page 176, top left.

Etrich A.I and A.II aren't Fokkers, but Etrich Taube airplanes built by Fischamend factory.

About Schupita book please contact me on my e-mail address:
grzegorz_mazurowski(at)poczta.onet.pl

I'll gladly answer other questions about k.u.k. aviation.

Cheers!
Grzegorz

AH-Navy had only one Pfalz E II (Number A VII, later A 10), offered to the AH-Navy by Camillo Castiglioni, used from 17.8.1916 till 1.3.1917 (crashed and destroyed during landing in Fazana, pilot Linienschiffsleutnant Hugo Stenta unhurt).
Schupitas book could be seen in some local austrian book-shops up to last year, maybe .... - I will try to find out.
btw. there will be a new one from Schupita :SEEFLUGZEUGE UND WAFFENTECHNIK DER K.(u).K. KRIEGSMARINE - http://www.buchhandlung-stoehr.at/

best regards
VH

[alexmehtidis]

Thanks to both for your answers. I guess I'll have to look for it at Austrian bookshop.

Alexis Mehtidis