Albatros DIII eduard some help needed please

[Liet Kynes]

Hi,

I've buy the "limited edition" Albatros DIII from Eduard a really great kit with a lot of photo-etched parts...
But I have some questions about one of the marking:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9974/albatroszt9.th.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=albatroszt9.jpg)

I can't find any info about this marking in my doc , and the photo-etched parts 32 & 33 have holes and I've never seen them on albatros before

http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/3448/albatrospy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Thanks in advance for your help
Julien

PS: scuse me I know my english isn't perfect :)

[StephenLawson]

Greetings Liet Kynes;

These markings you ask about are from an Albatros D.III from Jasta 5 flown by Josef Mai. I'll check my records but the whole Jasta 5 story can be found in the Windsock Special Volumes on Jagdstaffel 5. The vents your looking at were a modification to introduce more air flow to the pilot's left side of the engine (where the carburetors were).

Jasta 5 Volume 1. Glen Merrill recounts the unit history of Jasta 5, the Green-tails, with many rare photos, plus 11 pages of all-new colour profiles depicting the most colourful German fighters of WWI. £22.00

Jasta 5 Volume 2. Second of the acclaimed Jasta 5 history with more rare photos, another 11 pages of all new sparkling profiles depicting the most colourful of WWI Albatrosse and Fokkers! £22.00

WW1 AIRCRAFT - Stock (http://www.windsockdatafilespecials.co.uk/stock.html)

[Liet Kynes]

Thank you very much for these infos!
Does these events where at the right side to (like in the eduard photoetched part?

[StephenLawson]

The vents were "probably" on the pilot's left side only.