Friedrichshafen G.II

Although Friedrichshafen was a major producer of seaplanes, it also built a series of large and usually twin pusher-engined landplane bombers for use as night raiders from bases on the Western Front. The prototype G.I was developed into the more powerful (149kW Benz Bz.IV) G.II, which went into limited production and service. However its offensive load of just 450kg and range were not adequate for major attacks on British and other strategic targets.