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Pfalz E.I

The Pfalz monoplanes were licence-built copies and variants of the Morane-Saulnier G/H or Type L, armed with a synchronized IMG-08 machine gun (or two, in the case of the E.IV). While similar to the Fokker Eindeckers, they were not well-appreciated, in no small part because they appeared several months after the Fokkers. Pfalz aeroplanes tended to be assigned to Bavarian pilots, and they made due until better planes came along.

Pfalz E.I
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Pfalz
Introduction autumn 1915
Primary user Germany
Number built 45[1][2]
Wingspan 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)[2]
Engine 80hp Oberursel U.0 rotary[1][2]
Armament fixed sync. IMG08/15
Crew 1
Max Speed 145 km/h (90 mph)[3][4][2]
Climb 800 m (2,620 ft) in 3:00[3]
2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 9:00[4][2]-12:00[3]
3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 23:00[4][2]
Endurance ~2:00 [3]

The Pfalz E.I was somewhat smaller than its brothers, with 14 sq. m. wings and the 80hp Oberursel U.0 engine. Roughly 45 were built.[1]

For more information, see Wikipedia:Morane-Saulnier H.

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Availability Maneuver Damage Dmg Points Max Alt. Climb
15Q4-16Q3 G B 9 8 5

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Notes
  1. ↑ German numbers are from bi-monthly Frontbestand records (Effective Frontline Strength).[5]
Citations
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Grosz'96
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Herris'12, p.32.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gray, p.185.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Grosz'96, p.37.
  5. ↑ Grosz'85, p.60 and Grosz'86, p.66.
Bibliography
  • Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
  • Peter M. Grosz, "Archiv -- Frontbestand". WW1 Aero, № 107, Dec 1985 and № 108, Feb 1986. Poughkeepsie, NY: World War I Aeroplanes, Inc.
  • P.M. Grosz, Windsock Datafile 59: Pfalz E.I~E.VI. Great Britain, Albatros Publications Ltd., 1996. ISBN 0-948414-78-2
  • Jack Herris, Pfalz Aircraft of WWI. USA: Aeronaut Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935881-12-4
  • W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1960. ISBN 9780816863600
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