Albatros D.III

The Albatros D.III is a single-seat biplane fighter aircraft equipped with a Mercedes D.IIIa powerplant and mountings for two 7,92mm cannons.

History Designed in the summer of 1916 by Albatros Flugzeugwerke, the D.III was one of the more popular and widely recognised aircraft of the Great War.

The D.III was known to have a faulty wing structure, but nonetheless was considered a good flyer and was a formidable craft in the right hands; such famed pilots as Karl Schäfer, Kurt Wolff, Erich Löwenhardt and the Red Baron were fond of D.IIIs and flew them on countless missions with success.

The D.III became a symbol of Central air superiority during Bloody April, and carried on service until war's end.