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Serial  Type Aircraft History
4908/18 Albatros C.Ib Probably 4908/18 based on the 2ASD list,
Offered to Brisbane as a War Trophy in 1921,

21/12/1921 The Brisbane City Council yesterday agreed to accept a captured German aeroplane offered by the Australian War Museum. Authority was given for the erection of a shelter at a cost of £50, in New Farm Park, on a site to be fixed by the chairman of the Parks Committee and the superintendent of parks.
By March 1930 the aeroplane was in poor condition and 'badly in need of reconditioning':
The chairman (Alderman E. Lanham) stated that no financial provision had been made for the work, and while there was some sentiment attached to the capture of the machine it was not a proposal upon which the council was prepared to spend a big sum at present. The committee had agreed to defer the question of repairs until an inspection had been made by the parks superintendent (Mr. H. Moore) and himself.
The aeroplane was offered to the Queensland Museum which unfortunately had 'no accommodation' for the machine. 
In January 1931 Dismantling began at which point the Queensland branch of the Australian Flying Corps Association offered to maintain it.
The council agreed, but on condition that it was moved elsewhere. 
In June, it was announced that the association had 'offered to recondition the machine and place it in a conspicuous position on the Archerfield Aerodrome', then Brisbane's new major airport. 
In May 1932 it was said to be 'at present being reconditioned by the Queensland Aero Club preparatory to its being mounted at Archerfield aerodrome' and was therefore not with the Australian Flying Corps Association, 
All mention of the aircraft of the aircraft disappears from this point and it presumed that the refurbishment was abandoned and the aircraft was most likely scrapped by 1939 when the RAAF moved in to Archerfield.

 
     
 

Telegraph (Brisbane), 12 August 1922, 10

 
     

The Author of this page is Brendan Cowan

Source:  Australian War Memorial, National Archives of Australia, https://airminded.org/2018/10/23/the-lost-gotha-of-new-farm-park/ , 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

 

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