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Albatros D.III
James F. Miller
其他書名
Johannisthal, OAW, and Oeffag variants
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2014-03-20
主題
History / Military / Aviation & Space
History / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
History / Military / Weapons
ISBN
1472807928
9781472807922
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KEGVCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.