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Rumpler 6B-2
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A Rumpler 6B.1 with German serial 1040, made an emergency landing on May 29, 1917 near West-Capelle. It was interned with serial U-1. In July 1918 it was sent to Dutch East-Indies, where it arrived on November 16, 1918.
It made its first flight in April 1919. Later it was modified to a two seat aircraft, but it crashed during a test flight in October 1919 and was written off.
Rumpler 6B-2 with Dutch serial U-1.
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Rumpler 6B-2, serial U-1.
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Rumpler 6B-2, serial U-1 seen here at the Netherlands East-Indies.
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Rumpler 6B-2 at the Netherlands East-indies, in front, with helmet Ltz H.J. Bueninck.
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Rumpler 6B-2, serialU-1.
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