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This is not an Albatros. It is from another manufacturer and was not a production aircraft, but rather a prototype.

Aviatik IMG Any idea who the manufacturer is? Thanks!

It is an Aviatik C.IX. This text is taken from Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German aircraft of then first world war Aviatik C IX Three prototypes were constructed during 1918 (6306/18-6308/18) and differed mainly in the shape of the tail surfaces. One aircraft had ailerons on the top wing only; the other had ailerons at all four wingtips. Airframe 6307/18 was tested to destruction at Adlershof over the period 13th to 18th June 1918. Engine, 200 h.p. Benz IV. Weights: Empty, 980 kg. (2.156 lb.). Loaded, 1,340 kg. (2,948 lb.). Speed, 160 km.hr. (100 m.p.h.). Ceiling, 4,500 m. (14.760 ft.). Armament, one Spandau and one Parabellum machine-gun.

The Aviatik C.IX was an experimental machine which appeared late in the war. Three were ordered by the German Army with serials C 6306/18 - C 6308/18. On the picture is the first machine C 6306/18.