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Fok.DR.I 152/17 was gone.
HI Lloyd:
Shortly after 18 March 1918, Fok..DR.I was shipped to Berlin. MvR never flew it again after 18 March 1918 as far as records go. It was not at LeChelle Airfield. The whereabouts of Fok,DR.I 425/17 is not known, there is no record of DR.I 425/17 prior to 19 April 1918.
The only ones we know about are Fok.DR.I 127/17 and Fok.DR.I 477/17. MvR as far as record go gained two victory while flying Fok.DR.I 127/17. Also MvR's main aircraft was Fok.DR.I 477/17, he scored 11 victories flying this machine.
MvR borrowed other DR.I machines to fly to other units on visits, they were not his machines, they were not painted red, one belonged to Jasta 6 when he visited Jasta 5.
It is very simple, Dr.152/17 was gone, It was not painted all red when MvR last flew it on 18 March 1918, while at Iwuy Airfield. Fok.DR.I 127/17 was painted simular to Fok.DR.I 152/17, there are photos that confirm the painting of these two machines. What is left is Dr.I 477/17, which before the MvR "combat Reports" appeared from nowhere, was convinced the everyone the all red Dr.I in Front opf the Besseneau Hangar at LeChelle on 26 March 1918, was Dr.I 477/17. From what I have been able to find out, is no one knows where they came from or who did the translation, and that Lloyd is a fact. By the way where are the actual MvR Combat reports, the original ones in German????? The next question is what where the translated combat reports made from???? We don't have an answer to that question either.
The All red Dr.I at LeChelle on 26 March 1918 was Fok.DR.I 477/17!
Blue skies Lloyd,
Dan-San
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