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DECEMBER 12, 1918 was on board at the time of capture. The djmamo bracket is no longer to be found alongside the engine, but is now on the front port undercarriage strut, and is driven by a propeller. The pilot's seat is a shallow three-ply bucket, which rests on two cross pieces of wood supported on ribbed brass strips sweated to the top of the petrol tank, thus providing a fair amount of adjustment. This is the subject of a sketch (Fig. 7). The fabric is throughout of the usual colour-printed type. Schedule of Weights, Halberstadt, C.L. IV. Body, with undercarriage, engine,Spandau gun, petrol tank, gauges, and controlsEngine (dry), 180 Mercedes .. • Upper wing, complete (no bracing wires)Lower wing, complete (with bracing wires) Centre section, complete (with struts and wiring) .. .. . . .. . . . lbs. ozs. 1220635 70 64 O O 8 0 108 8 Gravity petrol tank .. . „. .. 11Radiator .. .. .. .. .. 36 Centre section strut (Vee) . . .. 5Centre section strut (straight) . . .. 2 Interplane strut (front), with cable . . 4Interplane strut (rear), with cable . . 4 Undercarriage, complete, approximately 112Shock absorber (one) .. .. .. 4 Axle, with bobbins and caps . , . . 14Wheel, complete with tyre .. . . 20 Tyre and tube 8 Leading spar of wings (per foot run) .. 14Trailing spar of wings (per foot run) .. o 14J Tail plane and elevator (covered) .. 25 o The aeroplane is in the Enemy Aircraft View Rooms,Islington, and may be seen on production of a pass, to be obtained by "writing to :—The Controller, TechnicalDepartment, Ap.D. (L.), Central House, Kingsway, * > X^. 2 . 4o 3 4 8 o o 6 8 4 12 Thirteen Months' Bombing OFFICIAL figures of bombing raids into Germany showthat during a period of thirteen months 709 raids were made —an average of 54 a month. The systematic bombing of military objectives in Germanyby Royal Air Force squadrons began in October, 1917, although the units specially employed upon this work werenot known as the R.A.F. Independent Force until General Sir Hugh Trenchard was appointed to take command onJune 6th, this year. The period covered by the raids, down to the conclusion of the Armistice, is therefore almost exactly13 months. The objectives were :— Large German towns .. .. .. .. 374Aerodromes established for defence of Rhine 209 Other military objectives in Alsace-Lorraineand Germany 126 Total 709It will be noted that more than half of the total number of raids were upon important German towns, many of themsituated more than 100 miles from the base of the R.A.F. Independent Force at Nancy. Indeed, the average distancecovered by each squadron (out and home) varied from 120 to 160 miles per raid, whilst it was no uncommon thingfor the weekly average to rise to the figures of close upon 200 Jniles per raid during periods favourable to long-distancebombing. The following table gives the names of the towns bombedand the number of the raids upon them :— Raids RaidsMetz-Sablon .. .. 91 Hagondauge .. .. 6 Thionville .. .. 52 Dillingen .. 5 Mannheim .. .. 29 Metz .. . . .. 5Burbach .. .. .. 17 Kreutzwald . . 4 Saaibrucken .. .. 17 Landau .. . . 4Treves .. .. .. 17 Pirmasens .. 4 Oflenburg .. ..12 Stuttgart .. .. 4Karlsruhe .. .. 12 Zweibrucken . . 4 Kaiserlautern .. .. 10 Cologne .. .. 3Karthaus . . .. 9 Mainz . . .. 3 Coblenz .. .. . . 8 Rombach . . .. 3Sarrebourg .. 7 Volklingen .. 3 Ehrange .. . . .. 6 Wadgassen .. 3 Frankfort - .. 6 The following places were each bombed twice : Baden,Duren, Lahr, Maizidres, Oberndorf. The following were each bombed once : Bonn, Darmstadt, Forbach, Freiburg,Hagenau, Heidelberg, Herzing, Leiningen, Mertzig, Moulins- les-Metz, Pforzheim, Rastatt, Rottweil, Saaralbe, Sollingen,Speyer, Wittlich, Woippy, Worms, Wurtemberg. The above figures are exclusive of 335 raids made uponGerman aerodromes at Morhange, Frescaty, Boulay, Buhl, etc., arid upon other military objectives in Alsace-Lorraineand Germany. In all over 660 tons of bombs were dropped. The number of raids made by the British alone over Ger-many in 12 months is nearly five times as great as the total number of air raids "made by Germany over Great Britainduring rather more than four years of war. 1407
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