Pfalz Dr.I

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TypeFighter
Primary userLuftstreitkräfte
Number built10
Pfalz Dr. I
Pfalz Dr.I
General information
TypeFighter
ManufacturerPfalz Flugzeugwerke
Primary userLuftstreitkräfte
Number built10
History
Introduction dateApril 1918
First flightOctober 1917
Retired1918

The Pfalz Dr.I was a German fighter prototype of World War I. Official interest in the potential of the triplane configuration for single-seat fighters prompted Pfalz to develop the Dr.I. It underwent initial testing in October 1917, and an initial batch of 10 aircraft were shipped to the Front and arrived in April 1918.

Service pilots involved in testing the Dr.I considered it too slow and its Sh III engine too unreliable for frontline use and no further examples were produced. Jasta 73 was equipped with this aircraft in 1918.

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