Albatros-Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer that supplied the German airforces during World War I. Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ...

The company was based in Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded in 1910. It produced some of the most capable fighter aircraft of World War I, notably the Albatros D.III and Albatros D.V. The works continued to operate until 1931, when it was merged into Focke-Wulf. District Adlershof in borough Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin Adlershof is a district in the borough Treptow-Köpenick of Berlin, Germany. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Clockwise from top: Trenches in frontline, a British Mark I Tank crossing a trench, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Irresistible sinking after striking a mine at the battle of the Dardanelles, a Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks and a Sopwith Camel biplane. ... The Albatros D.III was a highly successful single seat, biplane fighter aircraft used by the German Air Service during the First World War. ... In April 1917, Albatros received an order from the Idflieg (German Air Service) for 200 D.Vs, which were called lightened D.IIIs. The D.V featured a new fuselage with an elliptical cross-section. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of military aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Many of the companys successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. ...

Albatros aircraft include:

• Albatros Taube and Albatros Doppeltaube, variations of the Rumpler Taube
• Albatros B.II
• Albatros C.I
• Albatros C.III
• Albatros D.II
• Albatros D.III
• Albatros D.V
• Albatros Al 101, 'L 101', two-seat sportsplane + trainer, 1930
• Albatros Al 102, 'L 102', two-seat sportsplane + trainer, 1931
• Albatros Al 103, 'L 103', two-seat sportsplane + trainer, 1932

The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I single plane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. ... The Albatros B.II was an unarmed German two-seat reconnaissance biplane of the First World War. ... The Albatros C.I was the first of the successful C-series of two-seat general-purpose biplanes built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke during the First World War. ... The Albatros C.III was a German two-seat general-purpose biplane of the First World War, built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. ... The Albatros D II was designed by Thelen, Schubert and Gnädig, attempting to rectify the earlier D.Is faults - poor visibility, to be exact. ... The Albatros D.III was a highly successful single seat, biplane fighter aircraft used by the German Air Service during the First World War. ... In April 1917, Albatros received an order from the Idflieg (German Air Service) for 200 D.Vs, which were called lightened D.IIIs. The D.V featured a new fuselage with an elliptical cross-section. ...

External link

• http://www.luftfahrtmuseum.com/htmi/ith/albatros.htm