Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane fighter; 160-horsepower Mercedes D.IIIa water-cooled engine.

Given the many questions that remain unanswered, there is no legal basis for restitution at the present time. This is why the plane is provisionally going on display at the National Military Museum ...

When World War I ended in 1918, the Armistice required, among other things, that Germany turn over 1,700 warplanes, including “all D.VII’s.” Thus did the Allies compliment the boyish Dutchman whose ...

The brothers Leon and Robert Morane designed this monoplane with fellow engineer Raymond Saulnier in 1913. The fragile L was meant for reconnaissance, but by the war's start Saulnier had attached ...

The German Fokker D.VII was the equal of, if not better than, the British SE5s, Camels and French SPADs, and is considered to be one of the outstanding fighters of the First World War. At a time when ...

Germany has created some of the most iconic and innovative aircraft in history. The ten we have selected are a good mix of some of the highlights of German aviation, though the selection involved the ...