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L 84
General information
Type	Fighter
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke/Focke-Wulf
Number built	5
History
First flight	1931

The Albatros L 84 was a German tandem two-seat, single-bay fighter sesquiplane first flown in 1931. Four of the five examples produced were built by Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau, into which Albatros Flugzeugwerke was amalgamated in that year.

Powered by a water-cooled 490 kW (660 hp) BMW VIu 7.3Z V12 engine, the L 84 had a fabric-covered fuselage constructed of welded steel tubes, and wooden wings skinned with plywood. Its armament comprised three 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine guns, two in fixed forward-firing positions and the third ring-mounted in the aft cockpit. Only the first prototype was completed before Albatros became part of Focke-Wulf, and this was destroyed during flight testing. A second example was flown in February 1933 by Focke-Wulf under the designation L 84C, using a modified cooling system.

The Reichswehr initially ordered twelve L 84s but cancelled the order after only three had been completed. Of these, one was designated L 84E and was tested with the Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIS engine; another, L 84F, was fitted with a fuel-injected version of the BMW VIu. At least one L 84 was delivered to China.

Variants

L 84
L 84C - Focke-Wulf produced version with revised cooling system
L 84E - example with Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine
L 84F - example with fuel-injection

Specifications (L 84)

General characteristics

Crew: two, pilot and observer
Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI , 450 kW (600 hp)

Performance Armament

2 × fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine guns
1 × flexible 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine gun for observer

References

Green, W. & Swanborough, G. (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander Books. ISBN 1-85833-777-1
German Aircraft between 1919–1945

Albatros aircraft

Early aircraft

Military Idflieg
designations

B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes	B.I B.II B.III
C type armed reconnaissance biplanes	C.I C.I (OAW) C.II C.II (OAW) C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIIII N C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
D type Doppeldecker fighters	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Dr type Dreidecker triplane fighters	Dr.I Dr.II
G type Grossflugzeug bombers	G.I G.II G.III G.IV
J type close support	J.I J.II J.III

Company
designations

Landflugzeug (Landplanes)	LDD L.1 L.2 L.3 L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8 L.9 L.10 L.11 L.12 L.13 L.14 L.15 L.16 L.17 L.18 L.19 L.20 L.21 L.22 L.23 L.24 L.25 L.26 L.27 L.28 L.29 L.30 L.31 L.32 L.33 L.34 L.35 L.36 L.37 L.38 L.39 L.40 L.41 L.42 L.43 L.44 L.45 L.46 L.47 L.48 L.49 L.50 L.51 L.52 L.53 L.54 L.55 L.56 L.57 L.58 L.59 L.60 L.65 L.66 L.67 L.68 L.69 L.70 L.71 L.72 L.73 L.74 L.75 L.76 L.77 L.78 L.79 L.80 L.81 L.82 L.83 L.84 L.100 L.101 L.102 L.103
Wasserflugzeug (Seaplanes)	W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4 W.5 W.8 WMZ
Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)	H.1

v t e Reich Air Ministry (RLM) aircraft designations (list)
1 to 100	8-1 Fi 2 8-3 8-4 Fi 5 DFS 6 8-7 Gö 8 Gö 9 Do 10 Do 11/Wn 11 8-12/Do 12 Do 13 Do 14 Do 15 Do 16/Wn 16 Do 17 Do 18 Do 19 Do 20 8-21 Do 22 Do 23 Do 24 Do 25/Kl 25 Do 26/Kl 26 8-27/Do 27/Kl 27 8-28 8-29/Do 29 Fw 30 Kl 31 Kl 32 Ju 33 Ju 34 Kl 35 Kl 36 He 37 He 38/Ju 38 DFS 39 BV 40/DFS 40 He 41 Fw 42/He 42 Fw 43 Fw 44 He 45 He 46/Ju 46 Fw 47/He 47 Ju 48 He 49/Ju 49 He 50/Ju 50 He 51 He 52/Ju 52 Ju 53 DFS 54/NR 54 Fw 55/NR 55 Fw 56 8-57/Fw 57 Fw 58/He 58 He 59 He 60/Ju 60 Fa 61/Fw 61/He 61 Fw 62/He 62 8-63/He 63 Ar 64/He 64 Ar 65/He 65 Ar 66/He 66 Ar 67 Ar 68 Ar 69 He 70 8-71/He 71 He 72 He 73 He 74 Al 75 Ar 76/FZG 76 Ar 77 Ar 78 Ar 79 Ar 80 Ar 81 8-82 8-83 Al 84 Ju 85 Ju 86 Ju 87 Ju 88 Ju 89 Ju 90 Ju 91 Ju 92 Ju 93 Ju 94 Ar 95 Ar 96 Fi 97 Fi 98 Fi 99 Fi 100/He 100
101 to 200	Al 101 Al 102 Al 103/Fi 103 R Fh 104 Kl 105 Kl 106 Kl 107 Bf 108 Bf 109/Bf 109R Bf 110 He 111/He 111U He 112 He 113 He 114 He 115 He 116 He 117/Hs 117 He 118 He 119 He 120 Hs 121 Hs 122 Hs 123 Hs 124 Hs 125 Hs 126 Hs 127 Hs 128 Hs 129 Hs 130 Bü 131 Bü 132/Hs 132 Bü 133 Bü 134 Ha 135 Ha 136/Hü 136 Ha 137 BV 138 Ha 139 Ha 140 BV 141 BV 142 BV 143 BV 144 Go 145 Go 146 Go 147/Ju 147 Go 148 Go 149 Go 150 Kl 151 Kl 152/Ta 152 Kl 153/Ta 153 Kl 154/Ta 154 BV 155/Kl 155/Me 155 Fi 156 Fi 157 Fi 158 Fw 159 Ju 160 Bf 161 Bf 162/He 162 Bf 163/Li 163/Me 163 Me 164/MeC 164 Bf 165 Fi 166/FK 166 Fi 167 Fi 168 Fi 169 He 170 He 171 He 172 He 173 He 174 8-175 He 176 He 177 He 178 He 179 Bü 180/He 180 Bü 181 Bü 182 Bü 183/Ta 183 Fl 184 Fl 185 Fw 186/Ju 186 Fw 187/Ju 187 Fw 188/Ju 188 Fw 189 Fw 190 Fw 191 Ao 192 Ao 193/DFS 193 DFS 194/Me 194 Ar 195 Ar 196 Ar 197 Ar 198 Ar 199/FiSk 199 Do 200/Fw 200
201 to 300	Si 201 Si 202 DFS 203 Si 204 8-205 Fw 206 8-207 Me 208 Me 209 (I)/Me 209 (II) Me 210 Hü 211 8-212/Do 212 8-213 Do 214 Do 215 Do 216 Do 217/Hs 217 Do 218 He 219 He 220 Do 221 BV 222 Fa 223 Fa 224 Ao 225/Fa 225 BV 226/Ho 226 FGP 227 DFS 228 Go 229/Ho 229 8-230/DFS 230 Ar 231 Ar 232 Ar 233 Ar 234 Do 235 Fa 236 BV 237 BV 238 8-239 Ar 240 Go 241 Go 242 Me 243 Go 244 Go 245 BV 246 8-247 Ju 248 BV 250/Ho 250 Ho 251 Ho 252 Ju 252 Fi 253/Ho 253 Ho 254/Ta 254 8-255 Fi 256 SK 257 8-258 Fw 259 8-260 Me 261/Me 261w Me 262 Me 263 (1941)/Me 263 (1942)/Me 263 (1945) Me 264 Fl 265/Me 265 Fa 266/Go 266 Ho 267 Ju 268 Fa 269 He 270 We 271 He 272 He 273 He 274 He 275 He 276 He 277 He 278 He 279 He 280 He 281 Fl 282 Fa 283 Fa 284 Fl 285 Ju 286 Ju 287 Do 288/Ju 288 Ju 289 Ju 290 Hs 291 As 292/Hs 292 Hs 293 Hs 294 Hs 295 Ar 296/Hs 296 Hs 297 Hs 298 Ju 299 Fw 300
301 to 349	DFS 301 8-302 8-303 8-304 8-305 8-306 8-307 8-308 Me 309 Zwilling Me 310 8-311 8-312 8-313 8-314 Hs 315 8-316 Do 317 Do 318 He 319 Me 320 Me 321 Ju 322 Me 323/ZMe 323 8-324 Fa 325/Fw 325 8-326 Me 327 Me 328 Me 329 Fa 330 DFS 331 DFS 332 Fi 333 Ar 334/Me 334 Do 335 Fa 336 Ju 337 8-338 Fl 339 Ar 340 8-341 WNF 342 He 343 Rk 344/So 344 Go 345 DFS 346 Rk 347 8-348 Ba 349
Post-349 (non-sequential)	Ju 352 Fi 356/Ju 356 Me 362 Me 364 Me 368 Ju 388 Ju 390 Fw 391 Ar 393 Ar 396 Ta 400 Me 409 Me 410 Do 417 He 419 ZMe 423 Ar 430/Ka 430 Ar 432 Do 435 Ar 440 8-445 DFS 446 Ju 452 Me 462 DFS 468 Ju 488 Fw 491 He 500 Me 509 Me 510 He 519 8-520 ZSO 523 Ar 532 8-534 Do 535/He 535 Me 600 Me 609 Ar 632 Do 635/He 635/Ju 635
Not assigned Unofficial/proposed Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved Assigned to captured aircraft Unconfirmed Propaganda/cover designation Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.

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Specifications (L 84)

See also

References