AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Fokker D.III


The Fokker D.III was a slightly enlarged D.II with the 160Hp Oberursel U.III twin-row rotary engine. 210 D.IIIs were delivered between June 1916 and June 1917, and the first entered frontline service in September 1916 with a maximum of 34 at the front in December 1916. The first three batches (110 aircraft) were still equipped with wing warping, while the last 100 were fitted with ailerons. The type was mainly relegated to home defence and training duties.
Ten were ordered by Holland in 1917, of which only four actually made it into Dutch service
The Fokker DI-IV are featured in a Datafile Special

 

Fokker D.III 352/16
Hptm Oswald Boelcke
Jasta 2
September 1916
Source: Windsock 7/1
REVISED 2011


Fokker D.III 368/16 (or 364/16)
Ltn Ernst Udet
Jasta 15
October 1916
Source: Fokker D.I-IV DF Special
Dan-San Abbott

 


Fokker D.III 1017/16
Ltn Ernst Udet
Jasta 15
Late 1916
Source: Fokker D.I-IV DF Special

Dutch Fokker D.III