Pfalz D.IIIa
Rudolf Berthold
Luftstreitkrafte JG 2 Jasta 15, 1918
(Wings of the Great War WW11001)
- Engine: One 180 h.p. Mercedes D.IIIa inline
- Span: 30 ft 10 in
- Length: 22 ft 9 in
- Height: 8 ft 9 in
- Weight: 1,532 lb. empty; 2,055 lb loaded
- Crew: One
- Max Speed: 102 mph at 9,840 ft
- Service Ceiling: 17,000 ft
- Duration: 2 hr 30 min
- Armament: Two fixed, forward firing Spandau MG
- Notes: The D.III with its 160 h.p. Mercedes D.III engine was the first single-seat fighter biplane from Pfalz Flugzeug-Werke G.m.b.H. Entered service with German fighter units in Sep 1917. The D.IIIa was a refined version with more powerful engine that arrived in 1918. About 600 D.III/D.IIIa were built; by the spring of 1918 they were no match for the latest allied fighters, but more than 300 were still in action when the war ended.
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