Phönix D.III

The Phönix D.III improved upon the type's maneuverability by adding ailerons to both wings. It also moved the guns within the pilot's reach so that a jammed gun could possibly be cleared. Sixty-one of them were just going through flight testing in the final month of the war, and it was seriously considered sending them into battle without further testing to stem the losses at Piave.

After the war, only the Fokker D.VII and Phönix D.III were chosen as post-war production fighters, high praise for the D.III.