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ADF-SERIALS

Australian New Zealand & Papua New Guinea Military Aircraft Serials & History
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 This site is devoted to providing as complete a record as possible of aircraft operated by the ADF, NZDF & PNGDF.
Included where known are brief summaries of the history and current status of aircraft employed in Australian New Zealand & PNG Military Service.

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AEG G.IV
AEG G-IV  

 

Captured AEG IV Image Gallery
 
Allied HQ Serial Original Serial  Type Aircraft History
G/5 BDE/9 588/17 AEG G.IV 06/05/1918 Hit by anti-aircraft fire and landed near Villers Bretonneux, France,
Villers-Bretonneux at the time was occupied by Australian troops, who had only captured the town two or three weeks before,
17/05/1918 Photographed in the hands of Australian Forces in Amiens,
Handed over to British Forces and allocated Allied HQ Serial G/5 BDE/9
Probably shipped to the Agricultural Hall at Islington (UK) for evaluation along with most captured aircraft,
Presumed scrapped by February 1919 along with other captured types.
 

A.E.G. G IV 588/17

 

The Author of this page is Brendan Cowan

Source:  National Archives of Australia, National Archives, Australian Military Aircraft 1909-1918, Keith Isaacs, AWM, Men & Machines of the Australian Flying Corps 1914-1919, Charles Schaedel, High Adventure, A.H.Cobby, British Military Aircraft Serials 1911-1979, Bruce Robertson, Australian Light Horse Studies Centre, Air Enthusiast Quarterly No 47,

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Updated 19 December 2018