Albatros G.II

The Albatros G.II, with the post-war company designation L.11, was a twin-engined German biplane bomber of the First World War. It was designed as a medium bomber and shared nothing with the larger G.I: it was a single-bay biplane with thick-section upper wings and rigid X-shaped interplane struts. A twin nose-wheel assembly, meant to reduce damage in nose-overs and at rest with a forward centre of gravity, spoiled the lines of its fuselage. The engines sat in pusher nacelles supported by struts from the fuselage, with cut-outs in the trailing edge of the lower wings so that they could be mounted further forward. Only a single prototype was built, its performance was relatively poor, and development turned to the more powerful G.III.