AEG J.I

The AEG J.I was a German biplane ground attack aircraft designed and produced by AEG as a mission-specific derivative of the C.IV reconnaissance aircraft. It was redesigned as an interim type for the new infantry flying units, with armour plating about 5.1 millimetres thick and a 149 kilowatt Benz Bz IV inline piston engine. Two downward-firing machine guns in the cockpit floor served against ground troops, and lower-wing ailerons offset the extra weight. About 609 J.I and J.II aircraft had been built by the Armistice, and J.IIs flew the first daily passenger service, Berlin to Weimar, in February 1919.