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W.12

fighter floatplane
Class type of: biplane fighter, float-equipped biplane with 1 engine, two-seat fighter Q548169
W.12
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Facts

11 properties
Instance of
aircraft family
Country
German Reich[2]
Subclass of
biplane fighter, float-equipped biplane with 1 engine, two-seat fighter[5][6][7]
Armament
lMG 08/15[9]
Crew members
tail gunner, aircraft pilot[11][12]
Developer
Ernst Heinkel[4]
First flight
1917[10]
Manufacturer
Hansa-Brandenburg[3]
Powered by
Mercedes D.III[8]
Undercarriage
floatplane[13]
Wing configuration
biplane[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 en W.12 en W12 de W.12 de Hansa-Brandenburg W 12 de Van Berkel W-A de W 12 fa هانزا دبلیو-۱۲ fr Hansa-Brandenburg W.12W it Van Berkel W-A pl Broken/Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 zh 漢莎─布蘭登堡公司W.12 zh 漢薩-布蘭登堡W.12戰鬥機
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2012002833
Freebase ID
/m/02r01z9
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007590777705171

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🔗 Connections
Crew members 2
aircraft pilot, tail gunner
Country 1
German Reich
Developer 1
Ernst Heinkel
Manufacturer 1
Hansa-Brandenburg
Powered by 1
Mercedes D.III
Undercarriage 1
floatplane
Wing configuration 1
biplane
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Summary

W.12 is an aircraft family[1].

Related Entities

Ernst Heinkel

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Military Aircraft: Visual Encyclopedia. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wing configuration → biplane
    Manufacturer → Hansa-Brandenburg
    Country → —
    Manufacturer → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007590777705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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