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Hi Kwiatek.
As much as I would like to see the Pfalz D.III and D.IIIa raised to a more exalted position, I place great store in the figures cited by Frank Olynyk in thread 6359 ("Most "Successful" German Fighter", 30th December, 1998).
In this thread Frank gives figures for claims by aircraft type. They include:
Albatros D.III 891
Albatros D.V 1071
Albatros D.Va 546
Pfalz D.III 43
Pfalz D.IIIa 191
As you can see, these figures put the Pfalz in a poorer light than the Albatros, even allowing for the different production figures for each type of fighter.
I sincerely hope that someone can prove me wrong, but until that happens, I accept that the above figures are (generally) in the correct ballpark and that the Pfalz was inferior to the Albatros.
Cheers,
A
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