Key Dates:
1910		First Naval officers begin flying training
1911		Imperial German Naval Air Service established
1911		First experiments with loaned aircraft
May 1912		First aircraft received - two Albatros
1914		Construction of first seaplane base started
3 August 1914		Germany declares war on France - Start of World War I in the west
4 December 1914		German Navy forms its first seaplane unit
1916		Navy rejects Army attempt to control all air units
11 November 1918		Germany surrenders - end of World War 1
June 1919		Treaty of Versailles signed
1919		German Navy allowed to retain some aircraft for mine clearance work
10 January 1920		Treaty of Versailles becomes effective - all German aircraft to be handed to the Allies
1920		German Naval Air Service dissolved