Photo Albatros D.Va

[musec04]

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

[Buckeye30]

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

[musec04]

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

[Buckeye30]

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

[musec04]

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

[Buckeye30]

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


Nick

[musec04]

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

[musec04]

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

[musec04]

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

[musec04]

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