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Roden 613 Pfalz D. III 1:32 |
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| Together with the Albatroses and Fokkers the Pfalz D.III was considered a first rate fighter, taking part in the great Flying Circuses. Overall the Pfalz Flugzeugwerke GmbH produced 260 of the Pfalz D.III type. Following extensive combat experience, and the opinions of pilots about the airplane, the firm improved the fighter's design, which in detail was somewhat different from its predecessor, and soon the first Pfalz D.IIIa appeared at the Front.Nevertheless, a lot of Pfalz D.III's remained in frontline fighting units. The last machine was written off in October 1918 just before the end of the War. It goes without saying that the Pfalz D.III was not the supreme fighter. Its glory became a little overshadowed by the successes of the Albatroses and Fokkers, but even so, this type was acknowledged as a classic fighter of the Great War. And by any aesthetic criterion it was the most beautiful and elegant airplane of that period.
Pfalz DIII, D.1395/17, Jasta 10, flown by Ltn. Aloys Heldmann, 1917
Pfalz DIII, serial unknown, Jasta 10, flown by Ltn. Hans Klein, 1917.
Pfalz DIII, D. 4064/17, Jasta 34 b, flown by Ltn. Rudolf Stark, 1917.
Pfalz DIII, D. 4114/17, Kest 8, winter 1917-1918.
Pfalz DIII, D.4056/17, Jasta 16B, 1917.
Pfalz DIII, serial unknown, Jasta 18, flown by Ltn. W. Kleffel, winter 1917. |
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