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Spare engines.
Hi Dave:
I agree, Fok.D.VII 231/18F should not be listed in the possible D.VII aircraft issued to Jasta 10. Fok.D.VII 230/18 went to OAW. There is a rear view photo of this machine at Adlershof clearly marked as OAW. I don't know which D.VII was sent to Albatros as their standard.
I think if MvR had been issued a Fok.D.VII before his death on 21 April 1918, there would have been a plethora of photographs taken with Tony Fokker, General Hoeppner there as well as other notables, such as took place with the two Fok.F.I machines on 28 august 1917. There may have been a Fok.D.VII (most likely D.VII 231/18F as you suggested) scheduled for him but his death that stopped the process. I think it would have been a big deal.
The fact that there are no photographs, leads me to believe it never happened.
The Machinen Fabrik Augsburg Nürnenburg, M.A.N. manufactured the 199Argus AsIII MAN 180 Ps under license. M.A.N. designed and built 73 M.A.N.IIIa 185 Ps at 1400 rpm, six cylinder engines with a bore of 140m and stroke of 170 mm. A further developement of the engine was the M.A.N. IIIav of 220 Ps at 1400 rpm with the bore increased to 150mm and the stroke of 170 mm there were 4 of these engines built at the end of the war. The M.A.N.IIIa was used in the Fok.D.VII. These engines were built at the Augsburg Werke.
Blue skies Dave,
Dan-San
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