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|name = B.I and B.II
|image = DFW B-I 'Tannenberg'.jpg
|caption = DFW B.I ''Tannenberg'', one of the few "named" DFW aircraft
|type = Reconnaissance / Army co-operation
|manufacturer = [[Deutsche Flugzeugwerke]]
|designer = [[Walter Oelerich]]
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|introduction = 1914
|retired = 1915
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|primary_user = ''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]''
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[[File:DFW Weddingen.jpg|thumb|275px|Crashed DFW B.I "Weddingen" showing shape of wings]]
The '''DFW B.I''' (factory designation '''MD 14'''), was one of the earliest [[German Empire|German]] aircraft to see service during [[World War I]], and one of the numerous [[Idflieg aircraft designation system#List of Idflieg class letter prefixes|"B-class"]] unarmed, two-seat observation [[biplane]]s of the German military in 1914, but with a distinctive appearance that differentiated it from contemporaries.<ref>Wagner, Ray and Nowarra, Heinz. ''German Combat Planes: A Comprehensive Survey and History of the Development of German Military Aircraft from 1914 to 1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1971.</ref> Though a biplane, its crescent-planform three-bay wings were inspired by that of the earlier [[Rumpler Taube]] [[monoplane]], and led to the DFW aircraft being named the ''Fliegende Banane'' ("Flying Banana") by its pilots.
The '''B.II''' was similar but was built as a [[trainer aircraft|trainer]]. Some were fitted with the more powerful [[Mercedes D.II]] engine.
==Specifications (DFW B.I)==
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==See also==
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* [[List of military aircraft of Germany]]
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
{{commons category|DFW B.I}}
*{{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=DFW Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2017 |isbn=978-1-935881-54-4 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=29}}
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