The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BICKENDORF, COLOGNE, GERMANY. 1918-12. WRECKAGE OF SIEMENS SCHUCKERT R-TYPE "GIANT" AEROPLANE ON BICKENDORF AERODROME. THE AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN ARE FROM NO.4 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS WHICH WAS STATIONED AT BICKENDORF ON OCCUPATION DUTY. IT WILL BE NOTICED THAT THE PROPELLERS ARE DRIVEN BY FRICTION CLUTCH, AND NOT COUPLED DIRECT TO THE SHAFT. (AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTO) [SEE E04147, E04148, E041532]
The remains of a German Siemens-Schuckert Werke 'R' aircraft at a German airfield on the outskirts of Cologne. The photograph shows the port side of the fuselage, looking forward to the wing root. T
Members, probably, of No 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, standing in front of a German Siemens-Schuckert Werke multi-engined 'R' aeroplane wrecked on the Bickendorf Aerodrome. Identified are Majo
Bickendorf, Cologne, Germany. 1918-1919. A German armoured aircraft made entirely of metal, with corrugated iron wings, known as the Junkers J.I (Serial 844/17), at the Bickendorf Aerodrome when the 4
