Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1

by Paolo Varriale

Austro-Hungarian industry produced a series of poor fighter types such as the Phönix D I and Hansa-Brandenburg D I during the early stages of the war, and it was not until licence-built examples of the battle-proven Albatros and D II and D III began to reach Fliegerkompagnien, or Fliks, in May 1917 that the fortunes of pilots began to look up. Unlike the German-built Albatrosen, which initially suffered wing failures in flight, the Oeffag aircraft...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849087474
• ISBN13: 9781849087476
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.7"