Naval aviation: the K.u.K. Seefliegerkorps Austro-Hungarian Navy
albatros d.iii of k.u.k. seefliegerkorps.
in august 1916, imperial , royal naval air corps or k.u.k. seeflugwesen established. in 1917 rechristened k.u.k. seefliegerkorps. first aviators naval officers received initial pilot training @ airfields of wiener neustadt in lower austria, theresian military academy located. first assigned tours aboard tegetthoff-class battleships. later, k.u.k. seefliegerkorps served @ following airfields in albania , southern dalmatia: berat, kavaja, tirana, scutari , igalo. had airfields @ podgorica in montenegro.
flik 1 - igalo june - november 1918
flik 6 - igalo november 1915 - january 1916
- scutari january 1916 - june 1917
- tirana july 1917 - june 1918
- banja june - july 1918
- tirana july - september 1918
- podgorica september - november 1918
flik 13 - berat august - september 1918
- kavaja september - october 1918
the following austrian squadrons served @ feltre also:
flik 11 - february 1918
flik 14 - june 1918 november 1918
flik 16 - november 1917 - october 1918
flik 31 - june - july 1918
flik 36 - june - july 1918
flik 39 - january - may 1918
flik 45 - during april 1918
flik 56 - during december 1917
flik 60j - march - september 1918
flik 66 - january 1918 - november 1918
flik 101 - during may 1918
feltre captured austrian forces on 12 november 1917 after battle of caporetto. there 2 other military airfields nearby, @ arsie , fonzaso. main station austrian naval aviators in area. k.u.k. seeflugwesen used modified german aircraft, produced several variations of own. notable aircraft service following:
fokker a.iii
fokker e.iii
hansa-brandenburg b.i
hansa-brandenburg d.i
aviatik d.i
albatros d.iii
phönix d.i
fokker d.vii
lohner l
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