The Albatros C.II was a 1916

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designed and built by . Only one prototype was built and the type did not enter production.

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The C.II used the wings and landing gear of the earlier

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but was fitted with a short nacelle rather than a conventional

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. The nacelle housed a Benz Bz.III engine in a

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with a two-bladed propeller. The nacelle had an open cockpit for the observer/gunner at the front and the pilot behind. The tail structure used an open frame with a conventional fin and rudder and garnered the nickname ( en: lattice tail).Treadwell, p. 35 This aircraft should not be confused with the OAW C.II which was an unrelated aircraft produced in 1916 by Albatros’s subsidiary, , at their factory in Schneidemühl. The two aircraft can be easily distinguished as the company's main factory at Johannisthal's design used a

while the Schneidmühl one used a tractor configuration.Grey & Thetford, p. 254

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