Topic: Tk - Bks - Air Force
Pasha and Yildirim, the Palestine Front, 1915 to 1918
[From: Ole Nikolajsen, Ottoman Aviation 1911 - 1919, p. 212.]
Part 10 - Aircraft with Ottoman Army Units in Palestine
Rumpler Doppeltaube
Rumpler Doppeltaube Fethi arrived Aleppo 28 December 1914, crashed 29 December 1914.
Ponnier Acrobatic Trainer
Ponnier Acrobatic Trainer arrived 17 March 1915, crashed 9 April 1915
PFALZ A.II
P6 arrived 3 October 1916 and delivered to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable, October 1916.
P7 arrived 3 October 1916 and delivered to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Last flight on 2 March 1917
F8 arrived 3 October 1916 and delivered to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable, February 1917.
P9 arrived 3 October 1916 and delivered to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable, February 1917.
P10 arrived 3 October 1916 and delivered to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable, November 1916.
ALBATROS C.III
AK28 delivered 26 November 1916 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Crashed 27 November 1916.
AK30 delivered December 1916 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Left in Medina.
AK31 delivered March 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. To Aircraft Park, Damascus, April 1918.
AK40 delivered December 1916 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Left unserviceable in Medina.
AK51 delivered April 1917 to 4ncü Tayyare Bölük. Crashed 5 March 1918.
AK59 delivered November 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. To Aircraft Park, Damascus, April 1918.
AK72 delivered December 1916 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Left unserviceable in Medina.
ALBATROS C.I
AK4 delivered March 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. To Aircraft Park, Damascus, April 1918.
RUMPLER C.I
R1150 delivered November 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Destroyed at Maan, 8 May 1918.
R1837 delivered August 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Crashed 4 February 1918.
R1847 delivered November 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable, 18 May 1918.
R2626 delivered November 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable, 18 August 1918.
R2627 delivered August 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. To Aircraft Park, Damascus, January 1918.
R2628 delivered November 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. To Aircraft Park, Damascus, February 1918.
R2636 delivered November 1917 to 3ncü Tayyare Bölük. To Aircraft Park, Damascus, 1918.
AEG C.IV
AEG2 delivered December 1917 to 4ncü Tayyare Bölük. Lost on 28 March 1918.
AEG3 delivered December 1917 to 4ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable March 1918
AEG22 delivered December 1917 to 4ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable August 1918
AEG26 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable September 1918.
AEG27 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable July 1918.
AEG28 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable May 1918.
AEG29 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Burnt 24 June 1918.
AEG30 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable Summer 1918.
AEG31 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Rendered unserviceable September 1918.
AEG32 delivered February 1918 to 14ncü Tayyare Bölük. Burnt 24 June 1918.
Source: The above extract is obtained from a self published work by Ole Nikolajsen called Ottoman Aviation 1911 - 1919. Aircraft with Ottoman Army Units in Palestine comes from Chapter 8, Pasha and Yildirim, the Palestine Front, 1915 to 1918, p. 200. The text has been edited to remove errors and make it readable for an English speaking audience.
Further Reading:
Air War on the Palestine Front, December 1915 to January 1917
Turkish Units - The Ottoman Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir, Yildirim
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