BILL McBRIDE COLLECTION
No. 9746. Rumpler 6G 2 G.III German Army Air Service
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Rumpler 6G 2 G.III

02/28/2010. The G.III was a long-range bomber produced under the Rumpler Flugzeug-Werke company designation 6G 2, the first digit indicating the year (1916), the letter indicating the aircraft category (Großflugzeug, large aircraft), and the second digit signifying the design sequence in that category and year.

About 90 were produced, fitted with two 260 hp Mercedes D IVa six-cylinder liquid-cooled, in-line engines driving pusher propellers. With a crew of three (pilot, observer, gunner), it was armed with two 0.312 in (7.92 mm) Parabellum LMG 08/15 machine guns and could carry a bomb load of 551 lb (250 kg).

Created February 28, 2010