what is it?
The Albatros D.V is a fighter aircraft of the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. It was the final development of the Albatros D.I family and the last Albatros fighter to see operational service with the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during the First World War. The D.V was developed from the D.III during early 1917.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Wingspan of 9.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1917-04
- introduced
- 1917
- retired
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 900
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Albatros
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.IIIaü / Mercedes D.II / Mercedes D.IIIa / Mercedes D.III
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 7.3 m
- wingspan
- 9.1 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 937 kg
- top speed
- 186 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,700 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q576667, Wikipedia: Albatros D.V (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.