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5 unusual facts about Albatros D.V


First Eagles: The Great War 1918

In 2007, First Eagles: Expansion Pack 1 was released that adds the Sopwith Camel, Albatros D.III, Albatros D.Va, and Fokker Dr.I.

Frederick J. Gibbs

On 27 July 1917, he scored twice, driving down an Albatros D.V fighter on one patrol and sharing in the destruction of an Aviatik recon plane with Roger Neville on another.

Harold A. Hamersley

Hamersley started again on 25 January 1918, destroying an Albatros D.V.

Henry Garnet Forrest

Forrest began his string of aerial victories on 22 March 1918, when he drove down a German two-seater reconnaissance plane out of control, followed by the destruction of two Albatros D.V fighters over Bullecourt.

Ralph Curtis

Two days later, from Bristol F.2b (A7153), Curtis and Uniacke sent an Albatros D.V out of control over Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais.


103d Aero Squadron

Baer was the sole ace of the AEF, with nearly one-third of all victories, but he was shot down in a fight with eight Albatros D.III fighters of Jasta 18 near Laventie on 22 May and captured.

Albatros D.I

The additional power enabled twin fixed Spandau machineguns to be fitted without any loss in performance.

Albatros D.III

All Oeffag variants were armed with two 8 mm (.315 in) Schwarzlose machine guns.

Arthur Vigers

On 3 June 1918, he scored his first victories, destroying a Fokker Dr.I triplane and driving an Albatros D.III down out of control over Herbécourt.

Auguste Lahoulle

Two months later, on 23 March, Lahoulle teamed with Marcel Haegelen and Jean Chaput to shoot down and capture balloon busting ace Erich Thomas in his Albatros D.V; the French trio also downed a second Albatros accompanying Thomas.

Charles Dawson Booker

He did not open his victory roll until 23 January 1917, after his transfer to 8 Naval, when he drove an Albatros D.III down out of control while piloting a Sopwith Pup.

Charles M. Maud

On 1 May 1918, he scored his first aerial victory when he destroyed an opposing Albatros D.III southwest of Conegliano.

First Battle of Amman

German and Ottoman squadrons of aircraft in the area included single-seater Albatros D.V.as, and A.E.G. two-seaters with Rumpler (260-h.p. Mercedes), L.V.G.'s (260-h.p. Benz) engines and Halberstadt two-seaters, all with similar flying-speeds to the British Bristol F.2

Frederick J. Gibbs

On 2 June 1917, he opened his victory roll when he drove down a German Albatros D.III fighter out of control.

Kenneth Barbour Montgomery

Montgomery then transferred to 66 Squadron; he scored his twelfth win with them on 12 January 1918, driving down an Albatros D.V southeast of Fonzaso, Italy.

Meredith Thomas

He claimed his first two victories in September 1917 while flying an Airco DH.5, destroying an Albatros D.III on the 25th near Cambrai, and another on the 28th at Bugnicourt, France.

Michael Gonne

A6215 to victory on 25 September and 18 October 1917, destroying Albatros D.IIIs on both occasions.

Russell Winnicott

The next day, Winnicott destroyed an Albatros D.V at 1340 hours; 20 minutes later, he teamed with MacLean, Meredith Thomas, and Frank Harold Taylor to drive a German two-seater down out of control over Rumilly to become a double ace.

Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson

At Erquinghem-le-Sec on 1 June, he downed an Albatros C.III in addition to an Albatros D.V, and the next day (2 June) he got another two victories near Lens, Pas-de-Calais, this time two Pfalz D.IIIs.

The Mediterranean Caper

The tower reports that they are under aerial attack by a World War I era German Albatros D-3 biplane painted a startling bright yellow and bearing the familiar black Maltese Cross of World War I Germany.

Thomas M. Harries

On 9 May 1917, he was being piloted in Strutter serial number A963 when he used his gunnery skills to set a German Albatros D.III fighter afire in the sky west of Menin for his first victory.

Wilfred Ernest Young

Young's first win for 74 Squadron–his fourth overall–came on 12 April 1918 when he destroyed an enemy Albatros D.III west of Armentières, France.

William Cambray

Cambray scored his first aerial victory on 31 May 1917 when piloted by Donald Cunnell; they destroyed an Albatros D.III northwest of Seclin.

William Ernest Shields

With it, he began his victory list on 12 June 1918, driving a German Albatros D.V down out of control over Guerbigny, France.

William Howard Stovall

On 1 August, in company with Charles Biddle and two other American pilots, he shot down two German Albatros D.V fighters over Viéville-en-Haye.


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Josiah Lewis Morgan

Morgan next scored on the 18th, while flying in Bristol number C4808, helping William Frederick James Harvey set an Albatros D.V aflame over Carvin.

Melville Waddington

On 29 June 1917, from F.E.2d (A6498), Lieutenant Waddington and his pilot Lieutenant Reginald Milburn Makepeace sent an Albatros D.V out of control over Houthem, Belgium.

On 5 September 1917, from Bristol F.2b (A7203), they sent an Albatros D.V out of control west of Lille, France.