Albatros C.III

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The Albatros C.III was a widely used German World War I two-seat reconnaissance and light bomber biplane, operated by several air services including the Ottoman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Albatros C.III canonical 2
Albatros C.V 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I aircraft
biplane
light bomber
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
airframe wooden structure with fabric covering
armament 1 fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm machine gun
1 flexible 7.92 mm machine gun for observer
bombLoad light bomb load under fuselage or wings
configuration two-seat biplane
countryOfOrigin German Empire
crew 2
crewComposition pilot and observer
enginePower 160 hp
engineType inline piston engine
firstFlight 1915
height approximately 2.9 m
introduced 1915
landingGear fixed tailskid undercarriage
length approximately 7.85 m
manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke
maximumSpeed approximately 140 km/h
notableFeature widely used standard German C-class reconnaissance aircraft
numberBuilt over 2,000
operator Bulgarian Air Force (WWI)
linked to: Bulgarian Air Force

Finnish Air Force (postwar)
linked to: Finnish Air Force

Kaiserliche Marine
Lithuanian Air Force (postwar)
Luftstreitkräfte
Ottoman Air Service
linked to: Ottoman air units

Polish Air Force (postwar)
linked to: Polish Air Force
powerplant Mercedes D.III
primaryUser Luftstreitkräfte
productionPeriod circa 1915–1917
role artillery spotting
light bombing
reconnaissance
training
successor Albatros C.V
linked to: Albatros C.III
successorTo Albatros C.I
usedBy Central Powers
Ottoman Empire
usedFor battlefield observation
frontline reconnaissance
observer training
pilot training
usedInConflict World War I
wingspan approximately 11.0 m

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Ottoman air units usedAircraftType Albatros C.III
Albatros C.III successor Albatros C.V
linked to: Albatros C.III
Albatros C.I successor Albatros C.III