Gotha UWD by Ivan Berryman. [Original Painting]

Aircraft Depicted: Gotha UWD [other products featuring this aircraft]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]

In response to a German Navy requirement for a floatplane version of their successful G.1 bomber, Gotha produced just one example of the Ursinus Wasser Doppeldecker, or UWD. The aircraft proved to be easy to fly with good take off and landing characteristics and was capable of carrying a considerable payload. On an unknown date in 1916, the UWD took part in a raid on Dover with four Friedrichshafen FF.33s, inflicting some damage to military installations in the area and returning safely. Despite this, Gotha UWD no 120/15 was written off by the navy early in October that same year. No further examples were built.

Oil on canvas

Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)