Albatros Collection (page 6)

Albatros C III German two-seater biplane, operational from late 1916. Date: circa 1916-1918

Albatros CI, nosed-over in snow
Albatros CI two-seat general purpose German biplane, nosed-over in snow at Subat on the Eastern Front, January 1916. Date: 1916

Albatros C II at Schonefeld - Photo by Hugh W. Cowin

Albatros CIII

German Albatros C. X plane above Marimbois airfield, WW1
A German Albatros C.X reconnaissance plane above Marimbois airfield, France, during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

German Albatros plane brought down, WW1
A German Albatros plane brought down by Captain Cecil King, MC DFC Croix de Guerre, of the 43 Squadron RAF during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

German Albatros D. V fighter plane, WW1
A German Albatros D.V fighter biplane in service towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Napier-Fokker scout for Dutch Air Force, WW1
A Napier-Fokker single-seater scout (possibly the Albatros D.I), designed specially for the Dutch Air Force. It had a speed of 175 mph and easy manoeuvrability. Date: 1914-1918

Last flight of Captain Ball in his SE5 biplane, WW1
An artists impression of the last flight of the British flying ace Captain Albert Ball (1896-1917) in his SE5 biplane, brought down over France by a German Albatros plane during the First World War

German Gotha bomber and Albatros Scout, WW1
A German Gotha heavy twin-engined bomber (left) and a small single-seater fighter Albatros Scout as escort, on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian Albatros captured at Lentiai, Italy, WW1
An Austro-Hungarian C-type Albatros biplane captured by the Italians at Lentiai, northern Italy, during the First World War. Date: 19 May 1917

Austrian Albatros D. III fighter biplane, WW1
An Austrian Albatros D.III fighter biplane during the First World War. Seen here upside down on the ground, with one wheel missing, in an Italian photo. Date: 1916-1918

Albatros
SM-1798 Wandering Albatross - displaying Prion Island, South Georgia, Antarctica Diomedea exulans chiroptera Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Yellow-nosed albatross, Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic

Clsoe-up of a Wandering Albatross on nest, Prion Island, South Georgia, Atlantic

Landscape of volcanic hills, looking towards Taiaroa Head, Albatross, near Dunedin, Otago Peninsula, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Close-up of black-browed albatross head (Thalassarche melanophris), Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

Steeple Jason island and nesting black-browed albatross, Falkland Islands, South America

Nesting black-browed albatross, Steeple Jason island, Falkland Islands, South America

Black-browed albatross and chick, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Close-up of a Black-browed Albatross on nest, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

Black-browed albatross flying, Francisco Coloane Marine Reserve, Magallanes, Patagonia, Chile, South America

German Albatros, 1917
A German Albatros fighter is fired on from the enemy lines

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