The LVG C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in large numbers in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, 615
Design and development The C.V was a conventional two-bay biplane design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tandem, open cockpits for the pilot and observer.Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 334 The ailerons, fitted only to the upper wing, featured aerodynamic balances that extended past the wingtips. The fuselage was a semi-monocoque construction skinned in wood.Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 331
Following the war, some C.Vs were used as civil transports, while some 150 machines captured by Polish forces were put to use by the Polish army.Grosz 1998, 13 Other post-war users included Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; together operating about 30 aircraft.
Operators
Luftstreitkrafte
Latvian Air Force - Postwar
Lithuanian Air Force - Postwar
Polish Air Force - used as a reconnaissance aircraft during Polish–Soviet War, then in postwar service
Imperial Russian Air Service - Postwar
Ottoman Air Force
Specifications
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References
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