[WWI] Beersheba aircraft...Roland D.IIs????

[John Thorne]

Roland D.IIs? Really??? Wondering since my Hi-Tech Roland D.II has been on or near the bench the last couple of weeks.  Also, I quasi-completed my Wingnut Wings F2B last weekend (aside from rigging) but the clumsiness monster struck yet again and I managed to knock the cabane struts (all of them) loose.  Ugh!!! And its in markings of F2B A7231 as well.  Oh well.

John

--- On Tue, 1/5/10, Diego Fernetti <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar> wrote:

> From: Diego Fernetti <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
> Subject: Re: [WWI] Beersheba aircraft
> To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 6:24 AM
> S!
> > Talking to myself here, but someone else might be
> interested...
> 
> Sooner or later this day was gonna arrive...
> 
> > So - Albatrosses, probabably D.III . The only other
> type mentioned in my books covering this period are 
> AEG two seaters
> > (uncertain type - I'm sure that my Datafiles will tell
> me which though). They're more than likely to be the bombing
> aircraft then.
> > All of which means I can probably assume that the
> peaceful dove has been smeared unfairly.
> > I'm still very interested to hear of any hard evidence
> of the actual German types still on strength in late October
> 1917 if anyone can point me in the proper direction.
> 
> IUnderdaad. I recall having a few articles based on the
> memories of certain Ltn. Serno from the Imperial German Air
> Service, attached to the Ottoman Army for most of the
> campaign, and also a potted history of 1AFC. From what I
> recall, they had Halberstadts D types, Albatros D.IIs and
> later D.Vs, perhaps a few Roland D.IIs remnant from
> Macedonia and some LVG two seaters (most probably C.Vs), and
> the turks had some ancient types from 1914 as well (like
> early Aviatiks).
> I can locate the article and see what was around there in
> 1917. They were always troubled by the lack of proper
> maintenance facilities, spare parts and the usual sandstorms
> which treated the air bases badly. But they had a nifty
> railraod flatcar equipped with a Mercedes engine and
> propeller that they used to go to and fro some town. That
> was cool, especially behind the propeller.
> D. 
>