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LVG

Defunct German aircraft manufacturer

Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. (L.V.G. or LVG) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin-Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bomber biplanes during World War I. The raid on London in 1916 was conducted by one LVG C.IV.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1908Founded1
  • HeadquartersJohannisthal1
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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LVG (1918)
Photo: LVG, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. (L.V.G. or LVG) was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin-Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bomber biplanes during World War I.2

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LVG B.I - reconnaissance and later trainer aircraft

LVG B.II - reconnaissance and later trainer aircraft

LVG B.III - trainer aircraft

LVG C.I - first tandem-seated aircraft with observer-manned machine gun

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LVG C.II - reconnaissance aircraft

LVG C.IV - reconnaissance aircraft

LVG C.V - reconnaissance aircraft

LVG C.VI - more than 1,000 aircraft of this type were produced

LVG C.VIII - prototype only

LVG C.IX - not finished

LVG D 10

LVG D.II - prototype only

LVG D.III - prototype only

LVG D.IV - prototype only

LVG D.V - prototype only

LVG D.VI - prototype only

LVG E.I - experimental aircraft with two machine guns

LVG G.I - bomber aircraft

LVG G.II - triplane

LVG G.III - triplane bomber designed by Schütte-Lanz but built by LVG, the Schütte-Lanz G.V

Other aircraft manufactured at LVG

Albatros B.II

Albatros C.II

Gotha G.IV

Sablatnig SF 5

From Wikipedia’s article on LVG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1918Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1908Founded Founded1

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