OvS Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 I came across this today while I was hunting for a Fokker 'logo' on Google. I dont' know if anyone knows where this is linked to, but wow... what a huge assortment of WWI German factory pictures. Not just of the Fokker D.VII, but the Pfalz D.III, Rumpler... etc. Just trawl through, there is a ton of stuff. I even found a shot of what looks like an Alabtros D.I test stand with the motor on it, looks like it fell over... but in the background there is a Fokker D.II with no wings as clear as day. http://fokkerdvii.com/ OvS Quote
+Olham Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Just in case you ovelooked it - the Fokker Logo. And some of those fashionable furs on MvR. That find seems like a gold mine. Quote
+Olham Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) Still no idea, what that site is - the pictures look like from a documentary archive. There are well photographed detail pictures of this kind of "mitrailleuse", linked with the handle/fire button of a stick. It could well be, that hese are original photographs made by or better for Fokker, or the German military. The aircraft production pic had the letters AEG in it's shortname. The wing is for a Fokker Dr.1, getting the fabric attached to it. Edited June 28, 2009 by Olham Quote
+Olham Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 More pics - I reduced them to 200 dpi, but only to make it possible to place them here. One shows the front fuselage part of a Fokker E.V. The other seems to be a Halberstadt two seater. Quote
OvS Posted June 28, 2009 Author Posted June 28, 2009 More pics - I reduced them to 200 dpi, but only to make it possible to place them here. One shows the front fuselage part of a Fokker E.V. The other seems to be a Halberstadt two seater. Check these out... they are building a Pfalz D.III. I didn't know it was 1 strip at a time. No wonder the fuselage would twist when the varnish was weak. http://fokkerdvii.com/pics/rudder-markings/pfalz1.jpg http://fokkerdvii.com/pics/rudder-markings/pfalz2.jpg http://fokkerdvii.com/pics/rudder-markings/pfalz5.jpg D.VII prototype with BE2e rudder? http://fokkerdvii.com/pics/rudder-markings/v.18ald.jpg This one is really cool... this is a list of all the planes test flown that day or week. Not sure. But you can see the Fokker Dr.1, D.VI, D.VII, and E.V are all listed. http://fokkerdvii.com/pics/rudder-markings/v.aircraft.jpg This photos must have been betweem the factory and the testing grounds? Man... what a find! OvS Quote
+Olham Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Unbelieveable find, OvS! Look at that ...Pfalz5 pic - how thin the plywood must have been, when the man could bend it like that! Quote
+Olham Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Just typed in www.fokkerdr1.com, and got to another site - but I think, that had been mentioned before. They have a large data file about Dr.1 craft here: http://www.fokkerdr1.com/Fokker%20DR1%20Research.htm Quote
Rickitycrate Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 I just love this stuff. Gives me more respect for the crates I abuse in the sim. Quote
+Olham Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) Just found and red-marked these three documents, in which we seem to find information about the bill and the transport of a Fokker E.V to Aspern b. Stadlau - whereever that is? We now know, that a high-tech fightercraft of those days, incl. spare parts, cost only 28.206,- Reichsmark. (maybe the money had a better value in those days). I should go to bed now (01:09 h) but I'm struck by sort of "History fever". Edit/PS: Aspern bei Stadlau is near Vienna - just googled it: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspern Edited June 28, 2009 by Olham Quote
+Hasse Wind Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Well, that should confirm that they were shipping the E.V in July 1918. These are just the kind of documents one would find in the Fokker and Luftstreitkräfte archives if one were to go there and spend some time going through the papers. Fascinating stuff and really interesting they are available on the net. You could indeed buy more stuff with less money 90 years ago. I have no idea what those Marks would be in today's money, but I'm sure they would be a LOT more. Aircraft are expensive today, and so they were back then during WW1. Quote
Snoopy syndrome Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Such quality with WW1 pics is quite rare! Thanks for sharing that finding! Quote
markl Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Thanks for posting those links. very interesting photos. Cheers MarkL Quote
+Olham Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Here's a congratulation telegram for Manfred von Richthiofen's 50. victory. The translation may read a bit bumpy to you - I did my best. 30. IV. 1917 4 Uhr 20 Rittm. Freih. von Richthofen Jagdstaffel Richthofen durch A.O.K.G. Es wird mir soeben gemeldet, dass Sie heute zum 50. Male als Sieger aus dem Luftkampf hervorgingen. Ich spreche Ihnen zu diesem glänzenden Erfolg meinen herzlichen Glück- wunsch und meine vollste Anerkennung aus. Mit Bewunderung und Dankbarkeit blickt das Vaterland auf seinen tapferen Flieger. Gott sei ferner mit Ihnen. Wilhelm J.R. (I am just reported, that today for the 50. time you came out of air combat as victor. For this brilliant success I express my congratulation and my utter recognition. With admiration and thankfulness the Fatherland is looking at it's brave aviator. May god be furthermore with you.) Quote
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