The W.29 entered service in mid-1918 and continued in use after the war. The Hungarian Soviet Republic ordered production restarted, while Hansa-Brandenburg received permission to keep building the type until mid-1919 before its treaty-imposed closure. Britain and Japan obtained examples, and Denmark and Norway also adopted it. Japanese production and service totals remain disputed. In 1920, a Norwegian aircraft factory acquired two machines through a technically illegal purchase; the aircraft were claimed to have been destroyed in fires. The factory leased them to the Norwegian Army Air Service in May and sold them to the service later that year.
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How W.29 production survived the armistice
Treaty restrictions closed Hansa-Brandenburg, but W.29 construction and transfers continued through contested postwar arrangements involving Hungary, Britain, Japan, Denmark, and Norway.