Built during WW I and used as a trainer, designation B. IIa. First equipment for the Sportflug GmbH and later Deutsche Luftfahrt GmbH for training old and new pilots during the twenties. One was used by the DVL at Adlershof.
According to "Stützer" (Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1919 - 1934) 31 aircraft was registered after WW  I
Designed by Ernst Heinkel as the development of an excellent 1913 construction, the Albatros B.II was a two-seat,
training and reconnaissance biplane of wooden construction. It was a large biplane, powered with a liquid cooled inline
engine anda propeller in tractor configuration. The plane defined the German construction line, quickly adopted in
the aeronautical world. These aircraft, known also as "tractors", were characterised by stability and solid construction.
After Heinkel had left the Albatros Works, an observation B.II version was produced there in 1914. Apart from the home factory, the Albatros airframes were also built by the BFW (Bay), the LFG, and by the Refl Works in Warsaw. In total, about 3000 Albatros B.II were built in the years 1914-1918.
The improved B.IIa version was built at the LFG Works from 1917, in a quantity of 600 aircraft. Some were built also at the Linke-Hoffmann Works in Breslau. After the end of the hostilities, about 20 aircraft designated the L-30 were assembled at the Berlin-Johannistahl Albatros Works for the civil aviation.
In Poland after regaining independence, some 100 (according to other sources, only 60) Albatroses B.II were utilised and used for military training. Considering the flight characteristics and the durability, they obtained excellent opinion among flyers. The last Albatros B.II was withdrawn from service with the Polish Air Force as late as 1927.
Type Two seat trainer and passenger carrying plane
Engine 1 Daimler D I  or Daimler D II or Argus As II 
Dimensions Length 7.65 m, height 3.15 m, span 12.95 m, wing area 41.00 m2
Weights Empty 720 kg, load 352 kg, flying weight 1072 kg   Empty 698 kg, fuel 100 kg, oil 10 kg, crew 80 kg, load 182 kg, flying weight 1070 kg, wing loading 26.09 kg/m2
Performance Max. speed at sea level 120 km/h, cruising speed  115 km/h, climb to 1000 m 12 min. 30 sec., to 2000 m 34 min. 19 sec., to 3000 m 77 min. 19 sec. , service ceiling 3000 m, range 500 km, endurance 5.0 h, landing speed 65 km/h   Max. speed at sea level 120 km/h, cruising speed at sea level 110 km/h, climb 2.0 m/sec., service ceiling 3000 m, range 500 km, endurance 5.0 h, landing speed 65 km/h