This was the first German film shown in the US after the start of WWII that showed the German military specifically the new Air Force in action in the new conflict.
One of the most commercially successful films released during the Nazi era [1933 - 1945].
Last of a series of Nazi aviation films to be made before the outbreak of World War II.
The title referrers to the serial number of the biplane fighter aircraft Albatros D.III and used to reinforce the [propaganda] link between the modern Luftwaffe and that of World War I. The Albatros D.III's maximum speed was 108 mph with a range of 298 miles.
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