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Dan-San- And if we accept that the aircraft in Alex' Triplane photo #95 and earlier posts in this thread is WN 2103, then we have photos of both 425/17 and 477/17at Lechelle and 477/17 matches MvR's descriptions in his combat reports. Nowhere does MvR state 477/17 was all red. We then accept that the only all red Dr.I at Lechelle was 425/17 as stated by Alex Imrie, Ed Ferko and others in several publications. Whether 425/17 was a hangar queen is a moot point. Because of its special nature (specially painted all red on top for MvR based on the fabric evidence), it would naturally attract the attention of photographers, as did his earlier Albatros fighters. Greg VanWyngarden's two proven photos of 127/17 at Lechelle show this aircraft did not receive the attention of 425/17, even though MvR was scoring victories in it during that period. 127/17 is also painted as described in MvR's combat reports.
Taz
Terry Phillips
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