Pfalz D.XV

The Pfalz D.XV was a development of the Pfalz D.XII using the BMW engine and interplane bracing similar to the Fokker D.VII. It was tested in November and probably would have been suited for large-scale production had the Armistice not been signed. The design was unusual in one respect: the lower wing sat low enough to completely clear the fuselage.

The general testing had been completed on 4 Nov 1918 and a handful of planes had been delivered to supply depots by the end of the war, but evidently none had yet made it to service units. The Germans considered it as good as the Fokker D.VIIF, which was high praise, and it would have been interesting to see whether the D.XV finally wiped out the negative German attitude towards Pfalz.

1:144 Scale

 * Shapeways: Kampfflieger