Albatros G.III

G.III
Role	Bomber
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
First flight	mid 1916
Introduction	1917
Primary user	Germany

Albatros G.III

The Albatros G.III (company L.21), was a German bomber aircraft development of World War I. It was a large, single-bay biplane of unequal span and unstaggered wings. Power was provided by two Benz Bz.IVa pusher engines installed in nacelles carried between the wings. An unusual feature of the design was that the lower wing was provided with cutouts for the propellers, allowing the engine nacelles to be mounted further forward than would have been otherwise possible. Few were built, these seeing service mostly on the Macedonian Front in 1917.

Operators

German Empire

• Luftstreitkräfte

Specifications (G.III)

General characteristics

• Crew: three, pilot, observer, and engineer

Performance

References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 53.
• Chant, Chris (2000). The World's Great Bombers: 1914 to the Present Day. Rochester: Grange Books.
• S, W (September–October 2009). "Rara Avis - The Albatros G.II/G.III". Windsock Worldwide. 25 (5). Albatros Productions: 12–14.