
Albatros D.III 2000/16. Its appearance is based on photographs taken during March 1917. Dates and circumstances regarding fuselage repair patches unknown. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Richthofen taking off in Albatros D.III 2006/16, La Brayelle, early April 1917. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Albatros D.III 2000/16. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

With a touch of forward elevator pressure to lift the tail, Richthofen guns Albatros D.III 2006/16 into its takeoff roll at La Brayelle. Note the downslope of the terrain, as well as its convex surface that obscures all but the tops of the distant hangars. (Lance Bronnenkant) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)