Albatros D.II

When the Albatros D.I and Albatros D.II fighters arrived at the front in late August 1916, they gave Germany a distinct advantage: a strong, high-power fighter with twin guns. Albatros engineers had been working on the two fighters since April, and Idflieg ordered a batch of fifty for each plane. The D.II differed from the D.I by moving the upper wing downward 250mm and using splayed center struts rather than an inverted vee, which improved pilot vision significantly. Early D.IIs came with the same ear-radiators as the D.I, but later D.IIs used a top-wing radiator instead. 275 D.II's were built before production shifted to the Albatros D.III.

Oeffag built sixteen Albatros D.II(Oef) for the Austro-Hungarian air service.

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 * German generic
 * Turkish AF

1:144 Scale

 * Ares: WGF114A Szepessy-Sokoll; WGF114B von Richtofen; WGF114C Boelcke
 * Shapeways:
 * Early model:Kampfflieger, Reduced Aircraft Factory
 * Late model: Kampfflieger, Reduced Aircraft Factory
 * Metal kit: ,

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

 * Shapeways: Kampfflieger, Reduced Aircraft Factory

1:300 Scale

 * Metal Kit: Heroics & Ros GWA307

1:350 Scale

 * Shapeways: Kampfflieger