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Laserlloyd · 12 October 2009, 10:03 AM

Since I research the Dr.I I learn more about the D.VII because of the Fokker Acceptance sheets, Production Dispatched sheets and the fact that May 20 1918 was date the GJ1 received the first D.VII's to replace the Dr.I's.

I have not found anything that shows that there were any D.VII's delivered earlier them May 20th.

Yes, the April Fokker acceptance reports shows the D.VII's were being accepted in good numbers. From w/n's and production's numbers in the April report indicates only a few would have been accepted in March (I thick it was less then 20) but we don't have March's Fokker factory documents to pin-point down the exact number.

I believe that the Idfleg so some reason held back the actual Delivery's of the D.VII"s until May and not sooner, possibly to get build the inventory before being ship. But for any reason I don't believe that there were any at the front before May. Maybe Mr. Greg could shed some light on this and I can ask Dave Watts to see what he has.

Lloyd...

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Laserlloyd Fokker DR.I Top Ace Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis, IN (USA) Posts: 2,245	Since I research the Dr.I I learn more about the D.VII because of the Fokker Acceptance sheets, Production Dispatched sheets and the fact that May 20 1918 was date the GJ1 received the first D.VII's to replace the Dr.I's. I have not found anything that shows that there were any D.VII's delivered earlier them May 20th. Yes, the April Fokker acceptance reports shows the D.VII's were being accepted in good numbers. From w/n's and production's numbers in the April report indicates only a few would have been accepted in March (I thick it was less then 20) but we don't have March's Fokker factory documents to pin-point down the exact number. I believe that the Idfleg so some reason held back the actual Delivery's of the D.VII"s until May and not sooner, possibly to get build the inventory before being ship. But for any reason I don't believe that there were any at the front before May. Maybe Mr. Greg could shed some light on this and I can ask Dave Watts to see what he has. Lloyd... __________________ Fokker Dr.I Photo Web Site At FokkerDr1.com This site is dedicated to document the pictorial history of all 320 Fokker Dr.I's built during World War I and the fighter pilot Manfred Von Richthofen also known as The "Red Baron"