Albatros D.III

The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service (Luftfahrtruppen) during World War I. The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Wilhelm Frankl, Erich Löwenhardt, Manfred von Richthofen, Karl Emil Schäfer, Ernst Udet, and Kurt Wolff. It was the preeminent fighter during the period of German aerial dominance known as "Bloody April" 1917.

Design and development

Development of the prototype D.III started in late July or early August 1916. The date of the maiden flight is unknown, but is believed to have occurred in late August or early September. Following the successful Albatros D.I and D.II series, the D.III utilized the same semi-monocoque, plywood-skinned fuselage. However, at the request of the Idflieg (Inspectorate of Flying Troops), the D.III adopted a sesquiplane wing arrangement broadly similar to the French Nieuport 11. The upper wingspan was extended, while the lower wing was redesigned with reduced chord and a single main spar. "V" shaped interplane struts replaced the previous parallel struts. For this reason, British aircrews commonly referred to the D.III as the "V-strutter."

Loading... please wait...

This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Albatros_D.III

D3

D3, D03, D.III, D III or D-3 may refer to:

Transportation

Roads and public transport routes

London Buses route D3, a Transport for London contracted bus route

D3 motorway (Czech Republic), a motorway in the Czech Republic

D3 road (Croatia), a state road in Croatia

D3 motorway (Slovakia), a motorway in northern Slovakia

Vehicles

Ford D3 platform, a full-size car automobile platform

Aircraft

Albatros D.III, a 1916 German biplane fighter aircraft

Dewoitine D.3, a Dewoitine aircraft

Dunne D.3, a British Dunne aircraft

Fokker D.III, a 1916 German single-seat fighter aircraft

Mercedes D.III, a 1914 German 6-cylinder, liquid-cooled inline aircraft engine

Phönix D.III, a variant of the Austro-Hungarian First World War Phönix D.I biplane fighter

Pfalz D.III, a 1917 German fighter aircraft

Schütte-Lanz D.III, a 1918 German fighter aircraft prototype

Siemens-Schuckert D.III, a 1917 German prototype single-seat fighter aircraft

Locomotives

Bavarian D III, an 1897 steam locomotive model

LB&SCR D3 class, an 1893 British 0-4-4 tank locomotive design

D III 88

D III 88 (sometimes written as DIII 88) is a 1939 German drama film directed by Herbert Maisch and Hans Bertram and starring Christian Kayßler, Otto Wernicke and Heinz Welzel. It was made as a propaganda film with the support of Luftwaffe chief Hermann Göring, and was the last of a series of Nazi aviation films to be made before the outbreak of the Second World War. It was one of the most commercially successful films released during the Nazi era. It was praised by Joseph Goebbels as "an irreproachable film of national destiny". The title, referring to the serial number of the Albatros D.III flown by one of the characters in the First world war, was an attempt to re-inforce the propaganda link between the modern Luftwaffe and that of the First World War.

Synopsis

Two extraordinary young pilots engage in a competitive rivalry and also fight over the same girl. In an effort to show off both fly into a dangerous storm, damaging their planes and are suspended from duty. They are finally convinced by their commanding officer, a veteran of the First World War, to use their talents in a more disciplined way for their country.