Photo Albatros B.II

[musec04]

Hi Stig,


I take it that you do accept we're looking at an Albatros, just asking because I can explain that too if there are any doubts with regard to the manufacturer.


Now I have an ebay photo of B.I B.832/15 and it is indeed three bay and therefore a B.I. However, the nearest adjacent serial I have for a B.I is B.166/15 and that based on a photo from Peter Grosz's WDF 87. Even here you can't see the serial but given the source I think we can accept that the serial is probably correct. What I'd like to suggest is B.I 832/15 is a misapplied /14, because that serial is right in the middle of a very large B.I batch. There are in fact very few known /15 Albatros B.I at all, and the relevant Aeronaut publication has B.I production ending no later than the start of June 1915.A further possibility is, naturally one of the Prussian style serials applied to a Bavarian machine, so, if you will, a false B.832/15.



In addition to the above I have a good number serials between B.798/15 and B.489/15 with photos to match, other than B.848/15 a Halberstadt B.I,which I suspect is a misnumbered B.648/15, all are Albatros B.II. Thus my thinking on the subject. As ever, I try to maintain an open mind and will change my opinion if the evidence changes.


Regards,


Clint