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Laserlloyd · 26 October 2009, 09:24 AM

TFF,

152/17 was sent to the Berlin war museum and as far as me know that were it remanded until the allies bomb it in 1944.

The two movies that you might be talking about are "D III 88" and Pour le Merite" in think in 1938 that showed 528/17 and the DLS triplane.

The DLS was mostly a Dr.I as it was build by Anthony Fokker from some of the remaining pieces that he had when he escaped Germany in 1919. Yes, the cowling in incorrect but is still is a Fokker part. This plane was on loan to the DLS museum for a Richthofen display in the late 1930's. This plan was also placed on the grounds of the 1938 Richthofen memorial hosted by Goering.

528/17 was the DVL triplane. This plane was a Real Dr.I that had a Goebel Goe II 100hp engine still in it. This plane was one of the Dr.I's that were sent to one of the Jastaschule's. This would not have been fitted with any gun's as it was only a training school planes but still was a Dr.I. It was overhauled to flying condition for the movie at which time it had to be given a Civil register of D-EFOK. The machine gun's on this plane were of a late model style as it had the incorrect loading mechanism. One of the last things done was the enginge was then switched to the Clerget 120hp. I'm don't know about the 120hp Clerget but I have them at 160hp.

Since 528/17 (DVL/D-EFOK) was a real Dr.I it was not a replica. I'm not sure how you would refer to the DLS triplane as it was made up of leftover parts and then what ever to Finnish the plane as in the cowling. So is it a replica if it had original parts or would it be called restored?

Lloyd...

26 October 2009, 09:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
Laserlloyd Fokker DR.I Top Ace Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis, IN (USA) Posts: 2,245	TFF, 152/17 was sent to the Berlin war museum and as far as me know that were it remanded until the allies bomb it in 1944. The two movies that you might be talking about are "D III 88" and Pour le Merite" in think in 1938 that showed 528/17 and the DLS triplane. The DLS was mostly a Dr.I as it was build by Anthony Fokker from some of the remaining pieces that he had when he escaped Germany in 1919. Yes, the cowling in incorrect but is still is a Fokker part. This plane was on loan to the DLS museum for a Richthofen display in the late 1930's. This plan was also placed on the grounds of the 1938 Richthofen memorial hosted by Goering. 528/17 was the DVL triplane. This plane was a Real Dr.I that had a Goebel Goe II 100hp engine still in it. This plane was one of the Dr.I's that were sent to one of the Jastaschule's. This would not have been fitted with any gun's as it was only a training school planes but still was a Dr.I. It was overhauled to flying condition for the movie at which time it had to be given a Civil register of D-EFOK. The machine gun's on this plane were of a late model style as it had the incorrect loading mechanism. One of the last things done was the enginge was then switched to the Clerget 120hp. I'm don't know about the 120hp Clerget but I have them at 160hp. Since 528/17 (DVL/D-EFOK) was a real Dr.I it was not a replica. I'm not sure how you would refer to the DLS triplane as it was made up of leftover parts and then what ever to Finnish the plane as in the cowling. So is it a replica if it had original parts or would it be called restored? 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"