Zeppelin-Staaken (sometimes ), was a German aircraft manufacturer originally named (Experimental Works Gotha-East (V.G.O.)) when it was formed in mid-1914 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Robert Bosch. The company rented facilities in Gotha with the objective to build large, long-range bomber aircraft. Alexander Baumann was hired by Zeppelin as the head designer. The company moved to the village of Staaken, near Berlin, in mid-1916 and was renamed , although it was commonly known as Zeppelin-Staaken.Haddow & Grosz, pp. 209–211, 230–231

Aircraft built Zeppelin-Staaken L Zeppelin-Staaken VGO.I Zeppelin-Staaken VGO.II Zeppelin-Staaken VGO.III Zeppelin-Staaken R.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.V Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII Zeppelin-Staaken 8301 Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20

See also Riesenflugzeug

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Zeppelin-Staaken R.III German Military Aviation Service