Albatros D.II

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The Albatros D.II was a German World War I single-seat biplane fighter aircraft that improved on earlier designs and saw extensive service on the Western Front.

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Albatros D.II canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory fighter biplane ⓘ
airForceRole standard German fighter type in late 1916 ⓘ
armament 2 × fixed forward-firing machine guns ⓘ
armamentType synchronized machine guns ⓘ
category Albatros D-series fighters ⓘ
cockpitConfiguration open cockpit ⓘ
configuration tractor configuration ⓘ
construction wooden airframe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin German Empire ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Robert Thelen ⓘ
developedFrom Albatros D.I ⓘ
engineType inline piston engine ⓘ
enteredService 1916 ⓘ
era 1910s ⓘ
firstFlight 1916 ⓘ
followedBy Albatros D.III ⓘ
fuselageConstruction semi-monocoque wooden fuselage ⓘ
historicalSignificance early successful German biplane fighter of World War I ⓘ
improvementOver Albatros D.I cooling system ⓘ
Albatros D.I maneuverability ⓘ
Albatros D.I visibility ⓘ
introduced 1916 ⓘ
landingGear fixed tailskid landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
powerplant Mercedes D.III ⓘ
propulsion single propeller ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceUse front-line fighter ⓘ
successorRole replaced earlier Fokker monoplanes in German service ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail unit ⓘ
usedBy Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops ⓘ
Luftstreitkräfte ⓘ
Ottoman Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman air units
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
usedInTheater Western Front ⓘ
usedOnFront Western Front ⓘ
wingConfiguration biplane ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albatros D.III → predecessor → Albatros D.II ⓘ
Jasta 2 → aircraftUsed → Albatros D.II ⓘ
Jasta Boelcke → aircraftUsed → Albatros D.II ⓘ