Albatros C.II

The Albatros C.II was a 1910s German military reconnaissance biplane designed and built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke. Only one aircraft (Idflieg no. C 27/16) was built and the type did not enter production.

Design
The C.II used the wings and landing gear of the earlier C.I but was fitted with a short nacelle rather than a conventional fuselage. The nacelle housed a 150 hp Benz Bz.III engine in a pusher configuration with a two-bladed propeller. The nacelle had an open cockpit for the observer/gunner at the front and the pilot behind. The unusual tail structure used an open frame structure with a conventional fin and rudder and gave rise to the nickname Gitterschwanz (en: lattice tail).

This aircraft and the Albatros C.I are not to be confused with the Oaw. (Albatros) C.I and Oaw. (Albatros) C.II which were completely different aircraft produced by the Albatros Schneidemühl Factory, known as Oaw. (Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke GmbH).