that they sent a letter of commendation to the Oeffag factory. They remained in service until 1923. Poland also had 26 original Albatros D.III, mostly captured from former occupants, but they were withdrawn from use in December 1919 due to structural weaknesses. The newly formed Czechoslovak Air Force also obtained and operated several Oeffag machines after the war. Modern reproductions An Austrian aviation enthusiast, Koloman Mayrhofer, has completed a pair of Albatros D.III (Oeffag) series 253 reproductions. Both are equipped with vintage Austro-Daimler engines. One aircraft will be flown and operated by a non-profit organization. The second aircraft is slated for static display at the Flugmuseum AVIATICUM, near Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. Operators Luftfahrtruppen Austro-Hungarian Navy Bulgarian Air Force Czechoslovak Air Force - (postwar) Luftstreitkräfte Kaiserliche Marine Hejaz Air Force Lithuanian Air Force - (postwar) Polish Air Force (postwar) Ottoman Air Force and Turkish Air Force (postwar) Yugoslav Royal Air Force (postwar) Specifications (D.III (Oef) Series 153) See also References Notes Bibliography Connors, John F. Albatros Fighters In Action (Aircraft No. 46). Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1981. . Franks, Norman, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery. Under the Guns of the Red Baron: Complete Record of Von Richthofen's Victories and Victims. London: Grub Street, 1998. . Grosz, Peter M. "The Agile & Aggressive Albatros". Air Enthusiast Quarterly, No. 1, n.d., pp. 36–51. Grosz, Peter M. Albatros D.III (Windsock Datafile Special). Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: Albatros Publications, 2003. . Grosz, Peter M., George Haddow and Peter Schiemer. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War I. Boulder, CO: Flying Machines Press, 2002. . Mikesh, Robert C. Albatros D.Va: German Fighter of World War I. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980. Miller, James F. Albatros D.III: Johannisthal, OAW, and Oeffag Variants (Air Vanguard 13). Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2014. Morgała, Andrzej. Samoloty wojskowe w Polsce 1918-1924 [Military Aircraft in Poland 1918-1924] (in Polish). Warsaw: Lampart, 1997. . VanWyngarden, Greg. Albatros Aces of World War I Part 2 (Aircraft of the Aces No. 77). Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2007. . Further reading External links YouTube video of Koloman Mayrhofer and his two Albatros D.III reproductions Photobucket video of Mayrhofer's Austrian Oeffag/Albatros D.III flight test Vintage 1916/17 silent film of Albatros D.III aircraft construction (German intertitles) Sesquiplanes Single-engined tractor aircraft 1910s German fighter aircraft Military aircraft of World War I D.03 1910s Austro-Hungarian fighter aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1916 Parasite aircraft