OEFFAG C II

The Oeffag C.II was an Austro-Hungarian reconnaissance biplane with a fixed undercarriage, wooden structure, from the First World War. The drive was provided by a single motor Austro Daimler with 160 or 185 HP. The prototype flight took place at the end of 1916. Serial production started shortly after, which led to the creation - according to different sources - from 60 to 100 aircraft of this type. The deck armament consisted of a single 8 mm Schwarzlose machine gun. The plane could carry bombs weighing up to 40 kilograms. Oeffag C.II was created as a development of the Oeffag CI aircraft.The new machine was deprived of many of its predecessor's disadvantages and was used by Austro-Hungarian pilots to be better than the German Hansa-Brandenburg CI planes. impact on airplane performance. Only the replacement of the power unit with a more powerful one resulted in a much better reception of this aircraft by the pilots flying on it. Almost all produced Oeffag C.II planes went to the Eastern Front. A small number of them also served on the Romanian front. They were used for reconnaissance tasks, correcting artillery fire, and as liaison and communication machines. After the end of World War I, a small number of Oeffag C.II machines were used by Polish aviation, where they served until 1922.