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The '''AEG C.I''' was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft built by the {{lang|de|Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft}} (AEG) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's ({{lang|de|Deutsches Heer}}) Imperial German Air Service ({{lang|de|Luftstreitkräfte}}). It was a modified version of the B.II training aircraft with a machine gun added for the observer, a more powerful engine and different wings. First flown in 1915, it remained in front-line service until mid-1916, after which it became a trainer.

==Development== The C.I was based on the B.II although it was fitted with a water-cooled {{convert|150|hp|lk=on|adj=on|sp=us}} Benz Bz.III straight-six piston engine and the two-bay wing planform had been changed. It did retain the B.II's wing-folding mechanism. The rear cockpit was modified to accommodate an observer armed with a single {{convert|7.92|mm|3|adj=on}} machine gun, usually a Parabellum MG 14 or, more rarely, a Bergmann MG 15nA.<ref>Herris, p. 15</ref>

The Inspectorate of Flying Troops ({{lang|de|Inspektion der Fliegertruppen}}) ordered a batch of six C.Is in early 1915 and the first aircraft was completed in March. Sixty-four more were ordered in four batches over the next several months. Front-line strength peaked at 34 aircraft on 28 February and 30 April 1916 and they were then transferred to training units as no C.Is are shown assigned to front-line units on 30 June.<ref>Herris, pp. 4–5</ref>

==Specifications (AEG C.I)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=German Aircraft of the First World War;<ref>Gray & Thetford, p. 233</ref> A.E.G. Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes<ref>Herris, p. 16</ref> |prime units?=met

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==See also== {{aircontent| |related= *AEG B.II |similar aircraft= |lists= *List of military aircraft of Germany |see also= }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book|author1-last=Gray|author1-first=Peter|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|orig-year=1970|year=1987 |publisher=Putnam |location=London|isbn=0-85177-809-7|edition=2nd|author2-first=Owen|author2-last=Thetford|name-list-style=amp}} *{{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=A.E.G. Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2015 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n. p. |isbn=978-1-935881-28-5|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=16}}

{{AEG aircraft}} {{Idflieg C-class designations}} {{World War I Aircraft of the Central Powers}}

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