P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One

Gassner Giant Bomber

  Ingenieur Alfred Gassner completed drawings in 1916 for a giant bomber powered by four 250 hp engines. Writing in 1919, Gassner simply said that the realization of this bomber was "a victim of the prevailing circumstances." Gassner subsequently proposed the giant aircraft as a civil transport capable of carrying 36 passengers.