AEG G.III

The AEG G.III was a biplane bomber built by AEG for the Imperial German Air Service, an enlarged G.II fitted with two 160 kilowatt Mercedes D.IV straight-eight piston engines for the battleplane role. It was to carry a crew of three, 200 kilograms of armour and 240 kilograms of bombs, and used four-bladed propellers that tended to break crankshafts in service. The prototype was completed in December 1915, but deliveries did not begin until May 1916, and forty-five were ordered in all. They equipped Bomber Wing 1 on the Macedonian Front and last appear in strength reports in April 1917.