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According to Peter Grosz in the Windsock Datafile, only ONE victory for the EV/DVIII has been confirmed - Ltn Emil Rolf of Jasta 6 on 17 August 1918.
He states in a footnote that Osterkamp did not achieve victories 25 and 26 with the DVIII, as others have stated. In his biography, it is said he did not fly the EV much because it was "too slow" to keep with the squadron's DVII's. During a solitary EV familiarization flight, he was jumped by three Spads and forced to bail out.
Rich
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