Replica Albatros D.Va German Great War biplane fighter aircraft flying at the Shuttleworth Trust Wings and Wheels air show
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Niall Ferguson / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
F0GD5AFile size:
32.4 MB (544.2 KB Compressed download)Releases:
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3765 x 3012 px | 31.9 x 25.5 cm | 12.6 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2 August 2015Location:
Old Warden Airfield, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, UKMore information:
The Albatros D.V was a fighter aircraft used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family, and the last Albatros fighter to see operational service. Despite its well-known shortcomings and general obsolescence, approximately 900 D.V and 1, 612 D.Va aircraft were built before production halted in early 1918. The D.Va continued in operational service until the end of the war. Deliveries of the D.Va commenced in October 1917. The structural problems of the Fokker Dr.I and the mediocre performance of the Pfalz D.III left the Luftstreitkräfte with no viable alternative to the D.Va until the Fokker D.VII entered service in mid-1918. Production ceased in April 1918. As of May 1918, 131 D.V and 928 D.Va aircraft were in service on the Western Front. This number declined as the Albatros was replaced by Fokker D.VIIs and other types during the final months of the war, but the D.Va remained in use until the Armistice This replica DVa was constructed in New Zealand and is now based at Stow Maries preserved Great War aerodrome in Essex UK