The Albatros W.8 was a German

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fighter

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that saw service during

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. It patrolled the seas around 1918. The fuselage of the aircraft was made of wood, similar to most

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designs of that period. The W.8 had a water-cooled Benz Bz.IIIb eight-cylinder engine fitted with a fixed two-bladed wooden propeller.

Specifications (W.8)

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