Albatros Flugzeugwerke
German aircraft manufacturer (1909–1931) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer best known for supplying the German Luftstreitkräfte during World War I.
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Industry | Aircraft manufacturer |
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Founded | 1909; 115 years ago (1909) in Johannisthal, Prussia, Germany |
Defunct | 1931 |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | Focke-Wulf |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Dr. phil. Enno Walther Huth Ernst Heinkel Rudolf Schubert Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Walter Blume Lothar Wieland |
Products | Aircraft |
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The company was based in Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded by Walter Huth and Otto Wiener on December 20, 1909. The company (and its subsidiary, Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke (OAW)) produced many capable fighter aircraft, notably the Albatros D.III and Albatros D.V, both designed by Robert Thelen. The Albatros merged into Focke-Wulf in 1931.