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No photos of both aircraft.
Gentlemen:
If you accept the premise that the all red triplane in front of the fourth Bessaneau Hangar is Dr.I 425/17, then all the photos taken at LeChelle Airfield are of DR.I 425/17. And according to extant records he did not fly Dr.I 425/17 until sometime after 12 April 1918 while based at Cappy Airfield. Then there were no photographs taken of DR.I 477/17!
If you accept the premise that it was Dr.I 477/17 in front of the Bessaneau Hangar at Le Chelle Airfield, then all the photographs are of DR.I 477/17.
Then there were no photographs taken of DR,I 425/17 at LeChelle Airfield.
The problem is, there is only one all red Dr.I at LeChelle Airfield. The question is, "Did the photographer take pictures of the Fok.DR.I was currently being flown by MvR, or did he take pictures of a hangar queen according to records, that was not flown by MvR.?"
There is only one all red triplane at Le Chelle Airfield, just one!
Blue skies,
Dan
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