Albatros D.I

Albatros D.I
Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Albatros
Designer	Robert Thelen
First flight	June 1916
Introduction	Aug 1916
Primary user	Germany
Number built	50
Wingspan	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) to 8.64 m (28 ft 4 in)
Engine	160hp Mercedes D.III inline
Armament	2×sync. fixed LMG08/15
Ammo	1000 rounds
Crew	1
Max Speed	175 km/h (109 mph)
Climb	1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 6:00 or 4:00 2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 9:10-10:00 3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 15:25-19:00
Ceiling	5,200 m (17,000 ft)
Endurance	1:30

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.I had a higher wing, and that obscured the front-upward vision of the pilot. With the view from the D.II cockpit proving superior, no further D.I orders followed, and production shifted to the very similar D.II with its lower top wing, and eventually the D.III. The fifty D.Is and their D.II brothers certainly made an impact.

For more information, see Wikipedia:Albatros D.I.

Timeline

Game Data

Wings of Glory

Unofficial Stats

Availability	Maneuver	Damage	Dmg Points	Max Alt.	Climb
16Q3-17Q4	V	A	14	11	5

Plane and Crew Cards

• 

  
  Jasta 1
  Bethge
  RAF

• 

  
  Jasta 2
  Büttner
  RAF

• 

  
  Jasta 2
  Büttner
  RAF

• 

  
  Jasta 2
  Collin
  RAF

• 

  
  Jasta 2
  Höhne
  RAF

Card Links

• Jasta 2 - Hoehne
• Jasta 2 - Karl
• Jasta 2 generic

Miniatures and Models

1:144 Scale

• Shapeways full-color: Reduced Aircraft Factory: Bethge (435/16, J1), Büttner (391/16, 2 versions, J2), Collin (385/16, J2), Höhne (390/16, J2)
• Shapeways paintable: Kampfflieger, Reduced Aircraft Factory
• Resin kit: Sram 144/011 (company defunct)

1:200 Scale

• Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

• Shapeways: Reduced Aircraft Factory

Resources

Orthographic Drawings

• 

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
• Peter L. Gray, Profile Publications 127: The Albatros DI-DIII. Great Britain: Profile Publications, Ltd., 1966.
• Peter M. Grosz, "Archiv -- Frontbestand". WW1 Aero, № 107, Dec 1985 and № 108, Feb 1986. Poughkeepsie, NY: World War I Aeroplanes, Inc.
• Kevin Kelly, "Belts and Drums: A Survey of First World War Aircraft Ammunition Totals". Over the Front, Vol. 5, No. 3, Autumn 1990. Walsworth Publishing Co, Inc. and The League of World War I Aviation Historians.
• W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1960.
• P.M. Grosz, Windsock Datafile 100: Albatros D.I/D.II. Great Britain: Albatros Publications, Ltd., 2003. ISBN 1-902207-55-6
• James F. Miller, Albatros D.I-D.II, Air Vanguard 5. Great Britain: Osprey Publishing, Ltd., 2012. ISBN 978-1-78096-599-4
• Bruno Schmäling & Jörn Lecksheid. Jasta Colors, Volume 2. USA: Aeronaut Books, 2023. ISBN 978-1-953201-01-0