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In 1916 German aerial domination, once held sway by rotary-engined Fokker and Pfalz E-type wing-warping monoplanes, had been lost to the more nimble French Nieuports and British DH 2s which not only out-flew the German fighters but were present in greater numbers. Born-from-experience calls from German fighter pilots requested that, rather than compete with the maneuverability of these adversaries, new single-engine machines should be equipped with higher horsepower engines and armed with two rather than the then-standard single machine gun. The Robert Thelen-led Albatros design bureau set to work on what became the Albatros D.I and D.II and by April 1916, they had developed a sleek yet rugged machine that featured the usual Albatros semi-monocoque wooden construction and employed a 160hp Mercedes D.III engine with power enough to equip the aeroplane with two forward-firing machine guns. In all, 500 D.IIIs and 840 D.III(OAW)s were produced and saw heavy service throughout 1917.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Warfare & defence Weapons & equipment

• Full title: Albatros D.III
• Author: James F Miller
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• EAN: 9781782003717
• ISBN: 1782003711
• ID: 02233361
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 224 g
• Dimensions: 185 × 246 × 5 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. March 2014

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