Albatros D.V - Survivors

Survivors

Today, two D.Va aircraft survive in museums.

  • It is believed serial D.7161/17 served with Jasta 46 before being captured sometime in April or May 1918. It is displayed at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.
  • Serial D.5390/17 was shot down during a fight with an AFC R.E.8 on 17 December 1917. It landed intact behind the lines of the 21st Infantry Battalion of the Second Australian Division, AIF. The unit recovered the aircraft and took the pilot prisoner.
D.5390/17 was taken to England and tested by the Royal Flying Corps at the Aeroplane Experimental Station. In February 1918, the War Office ceded the aircraft to the AFC as a war trophy. It was displayed at the Australian War Memorial until the early 1960s.
The aircraft underwent restoration from 1966 to 1968 in Camden (Sydney), for presentation at the AWM's Aircraft Hall. The markings worn at capture were represented, and the wings were covered in new fabric to represent a 5-color lozenge pattern. The aircraft was removed from display in 2001 and underwent extensive restoration at the Treloar Technology Centre. In 2008, D.5390/17 went on display at the AWM's ANZAC Hall in Canberra.

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