Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a very nice photo of an Albatros D.Va. Unfortunately no serial at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/FOTO-FLUGZEU...8AAOSwIxtevWWf


The aircraft looks fmiliar does anyone know its id?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

To be honest Clint, this looks very much like a D.III to me

Slabsided fuselage (oval with the D.V) and the rather "cut" fin/rudder vs the more rounded one on the D.V. Also the upper wing is (or at least seems to be) higher put than the D.V.

No help with Jasta colours I'm afraid.

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hi Stig,


Clearly further attention needed on my part to the rudder in future. In all honesty I actually saw rounded fuselage rather than slab sided D.III hence thread title. This is in fact becoming a bit of a habit for me on here with D.III/D.Va identities.


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of an Albatros D.Va of Jasta Boelcke at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-6-Flieg...QAAOSwKThe1sFn


Does anyone recognise the markings and have a serial number for the machine or a name for the pilot?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is an Albatros D.Va named Lini of Jasta 16b (?) at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Flieger...wAAOSwZzdfmxCG


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Flieger...4AAOSwls5fmxGI


The identity of Jasta 16b is tentative as I'm assuming that it belonged to the same sellers photographs of the crashed Pfalz D.III D.4034/17 known to belong to that unit at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Flieger...UAAOSwk4JfmxDq


https://www.ebay.de/itm/Foto-Flieger...gAAOSwGypfmw0S


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of an Albatros D.Va at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/203602671625...sAAOSw3FRhPhIQ


Does anyone recognise the marking? The unit is Jasta 14,but who was the pilot?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a crashed Albatros D.Va D.7214/17 at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/133943509296...cAAOSw9wJhnSrq


It is captioned as belonging to FFA 42.But this seems unlikely. Does anyone have a unit for this machine?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a nice photo of an Albatros D.Va at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/325020706744...QAAOSwi9Vh9osa


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Clint this is a D.III (OAW), with D.V - type rudder and crosses marked further forward.
Nick

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Darn Nick :)

Flat sides, D.III alright. Missed that too. Stab in the back using D.V rudder on some D.IIIs if you ask me....:D

Cheers
Stig

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello Both,


Agree Stig,the curved rudders on OAW built D.III are really a swine.


Thanks Nick for the correct Identity. I thought knowing that the machine was a D.III (OAW) would render discovery of the unit and the serial more straightforward.But no.Who knew that the natural habitat of the D.III (OAW) was Switzerland:)


Here are another couple:


https://archive.aeroscale.net/review/3541/index.htm


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Clint this MAY be from Kest 4 or 5 who were at Freiburg ( only 40 miles from Basel) at the time and probably overflew the area; Kest 4's earlier single-seaters had black tails.
Later in 1918 both were opposing the Independent Force raids ( re-organised as Jastas).


Regards
Nick

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hi Nick,


Kest 5 appears an interesting possibility.Some of the aircraft in the following photo have a fuselage band which resembles that in the ebay photo,though different in detail - a unit marking (??):


http://www.frontflieger.de/fflgfoto/2-kest05p5.jpg


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hi Clint. the bands in the photo are the pilots individual marking in various colours ( common in many units), the light band on the OAW-D.III is the natural varnished ply fuselage with tail and forward fuselage a dark colour.
Nick

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Thanks Nick,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a flightline of Albatros D.Va of Jasta 37 at:


https://www.ebay.de/itm/304342932615...kAAOSw-QZh-sOY


Further photos of these machines can be found on the Wingnut Wings site:


http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/produ...tid=3033&cat=1



Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Clint no."6" Jasta 37 is a D.III, taken at Wynghene (but spelt diffently on the back).


Nick

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,

Currently on ebay are two photos of Albatros D.Va

D.5766/17.The fuselage stripe looks like that seen on Jasta 14 machines.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/314966835895...UAAOSw-W5lVk64

And a machine flown by Josef Veltjens of Jasta 18

https://www.ebay.de/itm/276172280671...Bk9SR4zkz5X7Yg

Regards,


Clint

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Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

In connection with aircraft D.5766/17 possibly of Jasta 14 in the previous post in this thread after considering the Z in a circle as the personal marking I've been looking at members of Jasta 14 whose surname begins with Z.


The most prominent of these is Oberleutnant Werner Zech.Has anyone seen any photos of other machines flown by him,either with Jasta 14 or other units? If so, do they have the Z in a circle as their personal markings?


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of Albatros D.Va 5712/17


https://www.ebay.de/itm/355302397695...YAAOSwklVlgaFI


Captioned as flown by Victor Carganico by the seller. Does anyone know which unit he was operating with when the photo was taken? I suspect FEA 11.



Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a Albatros D.Va, possibly of Jasta 26, but possibly not. Can anyone identify the pilot of this machine and/or provide the serial number?


https://www.ebay.de/itm/395219191508...Bk9SR8LEz526Yw



Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a Albatros D.Va with the personal marking K

https://www.ebay.de/itm/386872375256...AAAOSwf-hl-w6Q


The same seller has a number of other photos of German WW.I aircraft for sale including of Fokker D.VII. Unfortunately there are one or two duplicates from yesterday's post on the Albatros D.II,but it allows the viewer to see all with just one click. Which seems to myself at least preferable.

https://www.ebay.de/sch/i.html?_dkr=...=jasta&_sop=10


Regards,


Clint

Re: Photo Albatros D.Va
 

Hello,


Currently on ebay is a photo of a strikingly marked Albatros D.Va of Jasta 63.


https://www.ebay.de/itm/405108662447...Bk9SR4DbnfGYZA



Regards,


Clint