Albatros C.VIII N

The Albatros C.VIII N was a German large, single-engine biplane bomber intended for night operations. It was seriously underpowered and could carry only a small bomb load. The N in its designation denotes night bomber, and its engine was only just powerful enough to meet the Idflieg minimum requirement for a two-seat C class aircraft. The three-bay wings had straight edges, constant chord, nearly equal span and ailerons on both upper and lower planes, with a span of 16.34 metres. A 119 kilowatt inline Mercedes D.III in the nose drove a two-blade propeller, with two tandem open cockpits behind it. It first flew in 1917 and it seems likely that only one was built.