French & Belgian pilots in front of a Breguet Br.14/Br.17, 1918.
Albatros D.III
General characteristics
Crew: one
Length: 7.33 m (24 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 23.6 m² (254 ft²)
Empty weight: 695 kg (1,532 lb)
Loaded weight: 886 kg (1,949 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 955 kg (2,105 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IIIa inline water cooled engine, 127 kW (170 hp)Performance
Maximum speed: 175 km/h (94 kn, 109 mph) at sea level
Range: 480 km (261 nmi, 300 mi)
Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,044 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (886ft/min)
Wing loading: 37.5 kg/m² (7.67 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.13 kW/kg (0.081 hp/lb)Armament
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
Albatros D.III
General characteristics
Crew: one
Length: 7.33 m (24 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 23.6 m² (254 ft²)
Empty weight: 695 kg (1,532 lb)
Loaded weight: 886 kg (1,949 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 955 kg (2,105 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IIIa inline water cooled engine, 127 kW (170 hp)Performance
Maximum speed: 175 km/h (94 kn, 109 mph) at sea level
Range: 480 km (261 nmi, 300 mi)
Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,044 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (886ft/min)
Wing loading: 37.5 kg/m² (7.67 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.13 kW/kg (0.081 hp/lb)Armament
2 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns
87th Punjabi’s were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army.
This is a portrait I did of Havildar Sohaj Kahn, whose 1914/15 Star I have the privilege of possessing.
WW1 Austro-Hungarian alpine infantry 1916. Colourised