The German DIII Albatros diving at a foe, WW1
The German fighter plane, the D III Albatros, which carried a 175 hp Mercedes engine pictured diving at speed towards a British plane below. The aircraft was able to climb to great heights and then descend at speed on to any pilot flying at a lower altitude. It was fitted with two machine guns, one firing forward through the propellor
Picture No
10804507
Media ID
47603070
Size
4700px x 6544px
(8.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Geoffrey Watson in The Graphic, August 1917
Date
1917
