It was a single-bay biplane with staggered, equal-span wings that accommodated the pilot and a single passenger or observer in tandem open cockpits.

The first example was used by the Biologische Reichsanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Berlin until the early 1930s, before being acquired by DVS in 1933.

Otto Könnecke was to have made a transatlantic crossing with it, but ongoing bad weather led to the continuous postponing of the event.

Eventually, the plan was changed to making an eastward flight to the United States, via India and Japan.

Könnecke departed Cologne on 27 September 1927, but by early 1928 was forced to turn back having only reached India.