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| Picture No | 10804507 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | The German DIII Albatros diving at a foe, WW1 |
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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.
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| Source | Geoffrey Watson in The Graphic, August 1917 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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