The Aerodrome Forum - View Single Post

chip55 · 20 August 2001, 02:41 PM

Hello
I sometimes wonder how much credit was given to the Albatros and Fokker fighters that belong to The Pfalz and Roland fighters due to misrecognition of the Allied pilots, The tallies on the aces page don't mention much of the Pfalz and Rolands. *I am sure that the Pfalz DIII and Roland DVI may have been mistaken for an Albatros or the *Pfalz DXII mistaken for a Fokker DVII. The Pfalz e series look much like the Fokker E's. Regardless of the low speeds (compared to todays) *of the day, in the frenzy of a dogfight *I am sure this had to have happened especially early in the war where designs were widely copied.
I guess it must have been the theater of operation that would help to identify them. I understand that many German squadrons operated with different aircraft within itself.

Be Well all
chip55 *

20 August 2001, 02:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
chip55 Scout Pilot Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dayton area, Ohio Posts: 332	Hello I sometimes wonder how much credit was given to the Albatros and Fokker fighters that belong to The Pfalz and Roland fighters due to misrecognition of the Allied pilots, The tallies on the aces page don't mention much of the Pfalz and Rolands. I am sure that the Pfalz DIII and Roland DVI may have been mistaken for an Albatros or the Pfalz DXII mistaken for a Fokker DVII. The Pfalz e series look much like the Fokker E's. Regardless of the low speeds (compared to todays) of the day, in the frenzy of a dogfight I am sure this had to have happened especially early in the war where designs were widely copied. I guess it must have been the theater of operation that would help to identify them. I understand that many German squadrons operated with different aircraft within itself. Be Well all chip55 * __________________ I'm out of my mind... be back in five minutes. If I return before I get back, tell me to stay put until I get there.