Albatros Flugzeugwerke

Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer best known for supplying the German Luftstreitkräfte during World War I.

Albatros Flugzeugwerke
IndustryAircraft manufacturer
Founded1909 (1909) in Johannisthal, Germany
Defunct1931
FateMerged
SuccessorFocke-Wulf
Headquarters,
Germany
Key people
Dr. phil. Enno Walther Huth
Ernst Heinkel
Rudolf Schubert
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Walter Blume
Lothar Wieland
ProductsAircraft

The company was based in Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded by Walter Huth and Otto Wiener on December 20, 1909. The company (and its subsidiary, Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke (OAW)) produced many capable fighter aircraft, notably the Albatros D.III and Albatros D.V, both designed by Robert Thelen. The Albatros merged into Focke-Wulf in 1931.

History

The company was founded in Berlin-Johannisthal in late 1909 by Enno Walther Huth as the Albatros Werke AG. The first aircraft the company produced was a French Antoinette monoplane, which they built under licence.

They then produced several versions of the Etrich Taube monoplane, as well the Doppeltaube biplane which used the same basic planform. A variety of other biplanes, with more conventional wing planforms were also built and flown.

In 1912, five Albatros F-2 were built. This was a development of the French Farman III biplane (hence the letter F) with a gondola for the crew and an Argus in-line engine instead of the original Gnome Omega rotary engine. Four were sold to Bulgaria where they took an active part in the 1912-1913 Balkan wars.

On October 16, 1912, one of these carried out the first combat mission over Europe.[1]

During World War I, Albatros Flugzeugwerke produced about 10,300 aircraft, including fighters, bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. After the war, production of various civilian types was carried out.

Aircraft

Company
Designations
Idflieg/RLM
Designations
First
flight
Number
built
Type
Tauben/aReconnaissance
Doppeltauben/a1910Reconnaissance
L.1B.I1913Reconnaissance
L.2B.II1914Reconnaissance
L.3/GDDn/a19146Single-seat reconnaissance
L.4G.I19161Bomber
L.5/LDDB.III1917Reconnaissance
L.6C.I1915629 ca.Reconnaissance
L.7C.I1915qv L.6Reconnaissance
L.8C.II1916Reconnaissance
L.9/MEn/aSingle-seat reconnaissance
L.10C.III19152271 ca.Reconnaissance
L.11G.II19161Bomber
L.12C.IV19161Reconnaissance
L.13C.I1915Reconnaissance
L.14C.V1916400 ca.Reconnaissance
L.15D.I191650Fighter
L.16C.III1915qv L.10Reconnaissance
L.17D.II1916291Fighter
L.18C.VII1916600+Reconnaissance
L.19C.VIII N19171Night bomber
L.20D.III19161,866Fighter
L.21G.III19169+Bomber
L.22D.IV19173Fighter
L.23C.IX1917Reconnaissance
L.24D.V & D.Va19172500 ca.Fighter
L.25C.X1917300+Reconnaissance
L.26C.XIn/a0Reconnaissance project
L.27C.XII1917Reconnaissance
L.28D.VI19171Fighter
L.29C.XIII19171Two-seat fighter
L.30B.II1914Trainer
L.31C.XIV19181Reconnaissance
L.32C.Ia1915Trainer
L.33C.Ib1915Trainer
L.34D.VII19171Fighter
L.35D.VIIIn/a0Fighter
L.36Dr.I19171Triplane fighter
L.37D.IX19171Fighter
L.38D.X19181Fighter
L.39Dr.II19181Triplane fighter
L.40J.I1917240 ca.Ground attack
L.41D.XI19182Fighter
L.42J.II19184+Ground attack
L.43D.XII19182Fighter
L.44D.XIIIn/a0Fighter project
L.45D.XIIIan/a0Fighter project
L.46D.XIV19181Two-seat fighter
L.47C.XV191850 ca.Two-seat fighter
L.48J.IIIn/a0ground attack project
L.49/DA 1n/an/a0unknown project
L.50G.IVn/a0Bomber project
L.51C.IfTrainer
L.52C.ITrainer
L.53CLS.IGround attack
L.54F.In/a0Reconnaissance project
L.55D.XVn/a0Fighter
L.56n/an/a0Airliner project
L.57n/an/a0Airliner project
L.58n/a19237Airliner
L.59n/a19231Sportsplane
L.60n/a19233Sportsplane
L.65n/a19252Reconnaissance
L.66n/a192410Sportsplane
L.67n/a19242Sportsplane
L.68n/a192618Trainer
L.69n/a19254Trainer
L.70n/a1925Reconnaissance
L.71n/a19252Sportplane
L.72 & L 72An/a19255Newspaper distribution aircraft[2]
L.73n/a19264Airliner
L.74n/a19282Trainer
L.75 Assn/a192843Trainer
L.76 Aeolusn/a19276Trainer
L.77vn/a19284Fighter/reconnaissance
L.78n/a192813Reconnaissance
L.79 Koboldn/a19292Aerobatics
L.80n/an/a0Night bomber project
L.81 Elektran/a19321Experimental aircraft
L.82n/a192972Trainer
L.83 Adlern/a19312Airliner/transport
L.84n/a19355Fighter
L.85-99 skipped
L.100n/a19301Air racing
L.101Al 101193071Trainer
L.102Al 102193210Trainer
L.103Al 10319331Experimental
H.1n/an/a1altitude record (not flown)
W.1/WDDB.II-W1913Patrol floatplane
W.2n/a19161Patrol floatplane
W.3Marine 52719161Floatplane torpedo bomber
W.4n/a1916118Floatplane fighter
W.5Marine 845-84919175Floatplane torpedo bomber
W.6n/a1Floatplane fighter
W.7n/a1Floatplane fighter
W.8Marine 5001-500319183Two-seat floatplane fighter
W.10n/an/a0Flying boat project of 1922

References

  1. I.Borislavov, R.Kirilov: The Bulgarian Aircraft, Vol.I: From Bleriot to Messerschmitt. Litera Prima, Sofia, 1996 (in Bulgarian)
  2. "A Flying Boat on Wheels" Flight 1926
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