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It has been written that MvR flew the Fokker D.VII prototypes, (V.11/I, V.11/II, and V.18), at the Adlershof fighter competition, but I think that he very well may have flown a D.VII at the front, possibly only for a day or two. The army had accepted 21 D.VIIs by the end of March.  A further 69 were accepted in April.  The "records" show a front line inventory of 19 in April.  I'm guessing the 19 were mostly from the 21 accepted in March.  I do not believe the 19 were all at a flugpark awaiting distribution.  I feel that some must have been in active duty by April 21st and the Baron had to be pretty high on the "who gets one" list. I'm guessing that the first frontline deliveries went to JG I Jagdstafflen 4, 6, 10, 11. Does anyone have information with regards to the distribution of the first 20 or so D.VIIs to specific Jastas?
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