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Fantastic info Frank! Thank you! Thank you to Mark also for doing the math. If we go for the kill ratio of number of type of aircraft built to number of accredited victories, it goes something like this.
Dr.I 320 built 243 victories .76 aircraft downed to number built.
D.VII 2539 built 2573 victories 1.01 aircraft downed to number built.
These are +/- numbers, but even so conclusions can be drawn. The D.VII certainly seems to have scored well.
I don't have knowledge of detailed particulars on Albatros or O.A.W. built D.VIIs, with regards to exactly what type of motor went into exactly which particular aircraft such as the Fokker army acceptance sheets, but with the Fokker built D.VIIs, there were few BMW powered D.VIIs compared to Mercedes powered. If desired, I could pull numbers and start a new thread. Later in the war early Mercedes motors, that for example had originally been used in a Pfalz D.IIIa, were rebuilt and reinstalled in D.VIIs at Fokker. They would have been "supped up" with higher compression domed pistons.
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