Talk:Hannover CL.III

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Size matter[edit]

I changed 7.92 mm (0.31 in) to .323, because the actual bore diameter was .323, firing the standard military caliber. Trekphiler (talk) 12:50, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

7.92×57mm Mauser says .318 or .323. 198.53.137.96 (talk) 22:10, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Picture Accuracy?[edit]

Did this particular CL.III actually get shot down? It looks like it fell on its nose during takeoff/landing. There definitely isn't enough wreckage.

Photo here [1] is probably the same incident. AMCKen (talk) 01:09, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed the same incident: look at the broken pole to the right of the engine. Observe also the complete lack of battle damage, especially the absence of bullet holes. Suggest deleting "... shot down by American machine gunners in the First World War" and replacing with something along the lines of: "... following an accident."

The pole was probably a flagpole or windsock pole and the accident a taxying accident, perhaps in fog or at night. There is not enough damage to the airframe, and noticeably none to the propellor, for it to have been a take-off or landing accident. Either that or the Hannoveraner was a lot tougher than we think. ¬¬¬¬ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.144.237.57 (talk) 21:09, 14 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hannover CL IIIa, Forest of Argonne, France, 1918 (restored).jpg to appear as POTD[edit]

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Hannover CL IIIa, Forest of Argonne, France, 1918 (restored).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 16, 2014. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2014-10-16. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:58, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

A crashed Hannover CL.III, shot down by American machine gunners in the First World War. The successor to the CL.II, the CL.III was a two-seat multi-role aircraft, primarily used as a ground-attack machine, that first flew in 1917.Photograph: J. E. Gibbon; restoration: Keraunoscopia

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