Fokker D.VII

Test pilots of Ostdeutsche Albatross Werkes (O.A.W.)
O.A.W. always hand painted the cowling of the Fokkers they manufactured
To Anthony Fokkers delight the Idflieg (German Air Service) ordered the Albatros Werke and the O.A.W. to produce the new Fokker biplane under license paying Fokker a five percent license fee for each D.VII they produced

MANUFACTURER :	Fokker Flugzeug-Werke GmbH
POWER PLANT :	Mercedes D-III 6 cylinder liquid cooled inline, 160 hp. BMW IIIa inline, 185 hp
WING SPAN :	29 ft 3 1/2 inches
LENGTH :	22 feet 11 1/2 inches
HEIGHT :	9 feet 2 1/2 inches
EMPTY WEIGHT :	1,549 lbs.
GROSS WEIGHT:	1,939 lbs.
MAX. SPEED :	118 mph (Mercedes) 124 mph (BMW)
CEILING :	18,000 ft. (Mercedes) 21,000 ft. (BMW)
ENDURANCE :	1 1/2 hrs.
ARMAMENT :	2 Spandau 7.92 mm. Machine guns
FAMOUS PILOTS :	Hermann Goring, Lothar von Richthofen, Josef Mai, Ernst Udet, Karl Bolle

In late March and early April of 1918, Fokker D.VII's began arriving at flugzeug parks and eventually to the Jastas. The first D.VII's were assigned to the so-called "star" units and issued to pilots by order of seniority with the unit.The following Jastas would eventually be equipped with Fokker D.VII's:

GESCHWADER I : Jastas 4, 6, 10 and 11

GESCHWADER II : Jastas 12, 13, 15 and 19

GESCHWADER III : Jastas 2, 26, 27 and 36

INDEPENDENT JASTAS: 5, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 28, 30, 32, 37, 40, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 66, 69, 71, 74, 79 and 80