LFG Roland Pfeildoppeldecker
![]() A swept wing, single engine, two seat biplane built in 1914 by the Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft in Reinickendorf (Berlin). Before the outbreak of World War I Bernard Langer flew the machine shown, equipped with a 100 hp Mercedes D.I engine and an extra tank above the fuselage in place of the passenger, on a non-stop sixteen hour flight. During WW1 at least one Pfeilflieger served with the Schutztruppe (Protection Force) in German South West Africa, now Namibia, between 1914 and 1915.
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