AEGIV

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AEG G.IV

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.

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