The lfg roland cii usually known as the walfisch whale was an advanced german reconnaissance aircraft of world war i because of its great speed when it was first introduced it could be intercepted only from above it was also used in a fighter escort role and had a crew of two pilot and observergunner it was flown by a number of famous german aces including the red baron manfred von richthofendesigned to be used with the popular air combat game system created by andrea angiolino an