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RagsIII;
In all the photographs taken, the first all red Fok.DR.I(including the rudder) with iron crosses was taken on 26 March 1918. All the photographs taken up to MvR's last known flight on 11 April 1918 were on Dr.I 477/17 or163/17 and or 127/17. There is no established record that MvR ever flew Fok.DR.I 425/17 before 19 April 1918. So all those photos attributed to Dr.I 425/17 are in reality Fok.DR.I 477/17 with the "V" defect on the right side of the fuselage, near the cockpit.
What is of interest, up until Ray Rimell came up with his hypothesis about the "V" clitch, believed the photograph taken at Le Chelle Airfield on 26 March was Fok.DR.I 477/17. Ray's analsys is flawed, he ignores the that the only Fok.DR.I that MvR regularily flew was Fok.DR.I 477/17. Also If Fok.DR.I 425/17 was available from 26 March 1918, why did MvR not fly it instead of Dr.I 127/17 and 163/17 and 477/17. These questions are never answered by those who believe the "V" clitch Triplane was Dr.425/17. The only logical answer is Fok. Dr.I 477/17!
Blue skies,
Dan-San
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