Albatros Aces of World War I (Osprey
Aircraft of the Aces No 32) by
Norman Franks
Albatros Aces
The Albatros family of fighters were amongst the most effective aircraft
employed by the Idlfieg (Imperial German Air Service) for much of World
War 1, with the D.III and D.Va being flown by most of the 363 pilots who
qualified as aces at some point in their often brief careers. The Albatros
was the scourge of the RFC on the Western Front in 1916-17, with pilots of
the calibre of von Richthofen, Boelke and Schleich cutting swathes through
their opponents. Well over 4000 Albatros scouts were built between 1916
and 1918, and they were also extensively used by the Austro-Hungarians
against Russian, Italian and British aircraft until wars end.
Personal Review: Albatros Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft
of the Aces No 32) by Norman Franks

Albatros Aces #32 has everything I like in a book about the pilots and
airplanes of the First World War. Franks generously supplies contemporary
photographs--and ones not often seen to boot. The colorplates of aircraft
are very fine indeed, an excellent source for modellers. Franks also
provides short but informative, absorbing biographies of the pilots of
Albatros single-seaters. I cannot speak highly enough of this fine work.
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