This section of aircraft fabric was used on a World War I German Gotha G.V heavy bomber. The menacing bomber measured over 40 feet in length, with a wingspan over 77 feet long and standing 14 feet tall. The Gotha was primarily used in a night bomber role and accounted for 83 tons of ordnance dropped on England. The Gotha bombing raids were a precursor to the strategic bombing campaigns that defined the next world war. The fabric prominently features the cross insignia used by the Luftstreitkraefte of Imperial Germany in World War I centered over a roundel used by the French Air Force. This unusual German roundel is seen on the fuselage of the Gotha bomber Fdh. GIIIa Daim 1056 (photo of the bomber is included). The section of fabric is in a 40 1/2 x 37 1/2 inch double sided frame.

Very good retaining half of the original paint. A very unusual roundel used on Imperial Germany's famed Gotha heavy bomber.