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Albatros B.III

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B.III
Role reconnaissance
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke, Oeffag, OAW
Designer Ernst Heinkel
Developed from Albatros B.II

The Albatros B.III, (post-war company designation L.5), was a German World War I reconnaissance biplane, built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke as the Albatros LDD.

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Development and design

The Albatros B.III was the last of the company's unarmed reconnaissance two-seaters and was a precursor to the most important of their armed reconnaissance biplanes, the C.III.

The changes from the previous versions were fairly minor. It introduced what would become the typical Albatros tail when the rudder was rounded off. It was otherwise similar to the B.II. The B.III was produced in small numbers during 1915, but it was already clear that reconnaissance aircraft needed to be armed. Albatros then produced the C.I, which was based on the earlier B.II, and then moved onto the C.III. With some additional detail changes the Albatros C.III was basically an armed version of the B.III, although few parts remained interchangeable between the two aircraft.

Variants

  • Albatros L.5 - post-war manufacturers' retroactive designation

Operators

 German Empire
 Austria-Hungary

Units using this aircraft

FEA 6

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 40.12 m2 (432 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 723 kg (1,594 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,071 kg (2,361 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.II inline piston or 1 Daimler D I, D II, Argus As II or Bz III , 90 kW (120 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
  • Endurance: 4 hours
  • Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)

Armament

  • None

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

  1. ^ Sharpe, Michael (2000). Biplanes, Triplanes, and Seaplanes. London: Friedman/Fairfax Books. p. 27. ISBN 1-58663-300-7.

Bibliography

  • Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putman.
  • Klaauw, Bart van der (March–April 1999). "Unexpected Windfalls: Accidentally or Deliberately, More than 100 Aircraft 'arrived' in Dutch Territory During the Great War". Air Enthusiast (80): 54–59. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1990). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I. London: Studio Editions. p. 141.
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