Silhouettes of Aeroplanes - an aircraft recognition guide published early in 1917

**Attila57** · 12-27-2010 03:31

Look at this link:

http://www.f104g.demon.co.uk/silho/

and click on "Table of Contents" to examine the guide.

**Oberst Hajj** · 12-27-2010 05:45

Nice find!

**jpsavieira** · 12-27-2010 06:16

Very Interesting!

**rockyr** · 12-27-2010 08:45

Does anyone know what the "unknown" German aircraft are? I suspect a few are confusions with known aircraft. However, I am not familiar enough with the looks of some Pfalz, Halberstadt and SS's. '

Rocky

**Attila57** · 12-27-2010 11:10

I'm not able to identify them, I'm sorry.

Perhaps they were new model in 1917 So, a way to identify is to study the silhouettes of the recent german airplanes of that period.

Attilio

**The Cowman** · 12-27-2010 11:25

Originally Posted by rockyr

Does anyone know what the "unknown" German aircraft are? I suspect a few are confusions with known aircraft. However, I am not familiar enough with the looks of some Pfalz, Halberstadt and SS's. '

Rocky

I was checking out at least one of them and thinking that they reminded me of the lines of the Pfalz DIII.

Neat find Atillio!

They had some charts vaguely similar to this on display at the Air Force Museum as well!

**Jager** · 12-27-2010 12:37

The one on the right (of the second Unknown) could be a Siemens-Schuckert D3. The one on the left looks Albatrossy, but the tailplane is too slender for anything I've seen; maybe a later C model? The first unknown lokos like the right hand on on the second sheet, different witness?
Karl

**McKeever** · 12-27-2010 12:45

Fantastic! Thanks for finding this gem.

**Bluedevil** · 12-27-2010 13:39

Love it !

**tuladin** · 12-27-2010 14:17

That's neat. Thanks. It's a good example of the style of a document from that era, which could be copied for log books or other handouts.

**Attila57** · 12-27-2010 23:30

Thanks! But I think that all the merit goes to the person who decided to publish such a rarity on the Internet This type of documents are seen only behind the windows of the museum.

**crashx** · 12-29-2010 18:02

Thanks Attilio, more interesting things to check out!!!

**jbmacek** · 02-11-2011 04:21

Very cool. I could see this being useful in a campaign game somehow.
As for the "Unknowns", given the stated date of publication none of them can be the Siemens-Schukert D.III, but I agree it does resemble one, so this could possibly have been someone caught a glimpse of one of the Siemens-Schukert D.II prototypes... but then again, those are mid-1917 so it cant' be that either.