Pfalz D.VIII

The Pfalz D.VIII was a German single-seat fighter of the First World War, built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. It was approved for production in 1918, when Germany was trying to field superior fighters. Its power unit, the 160 hp Siemens-Halske Sh.III eleven cylinder rotary, gave it a top speed of about 190 km/h, and it carried twin 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns. The airframe was 5.65 m long with a wingspan of 7.52 m and an empty weight of 543 kg. Forty were completed, but because that was very near the end of the war they were used mostly for evaluation. Prototypes also flew with Oberursel and Goebel rotary engines in place of the Sh.III.