German aircraft of World War I
21 photos of eight types of fighter or scout. Some are preserved originals, some are replicas.
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Replica Pfalz D.III 1362/17, Speyer Technik Museum, Germany, 19 March 2013. Fighter in service from late 1917 to mid-1918, then used for training. Succeeded by the D.XII.
![Replica Fokker E.III [417/15], Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Germany, 21 March 2013. The Fokker Eindecker (= monoplane) dominated air warfare from summer 1915 until early 1916, a period known to Allied pilots as the 'Fokker scourge.' The Eindecker was the first purpose-built German fighter, and the first fighter in which the pilot aimed his gun by aiming his aircraft. This was achieved by the use of interrrupter gear which allowed its machine gun to fire through the propellor arc without hitting the propellor blades. 249 E IIIs were built. German ace Boelcke scored 19 of his 40 victories in an Eindecker, and Immelmann all his 15.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Aviation/German-aircraft-of-World-War-I/i-SfZ4XQ6/0/528969ec/Ti/F3_2013-03-21_0826nc11inw-Ti.jpg)
![Fokker DR.I [204/17?], Speyer Technik Museum, Germany, 19 March 2013. According to the museum, this is an original aircraft, which flew with Jasta 2 (Jagd Staffel = Fighter squadron 2). But other sources say that no original Dr.1s survive.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Aviation/German-aircraft-of-World-War-I/i-gj9DRjM/0/e5a26a8c/Ti/F6_2013-03-19_1140nc11inw-Ti.jpg)
