Re: Fokker Dr 1 152/17

[Strutter15]

Hello all,
I understand that the Fokker Dr 1 aircraft 152/17 was flown by MvR who scored 3 victories whilst flying it. However, the aircraft was able to become a museum exhibit after the war at the Zeughaus Museum in Berlin, before being destroyed in WW2 during an Allied bombing raid. Was the aircraft destined to be a museum exhibit because it had been flown by MvR, or was it because it had survived the war? Were there many Fokker Dr.1's that did survive the war, or were they broken up after the wars' end? Does anyone have the full history of 152/17 at all?
Many thanks,
Strutter15.

[John McKenzie]

Here is a little bit about the 3 machines who are survived WWI , some until 1945 ....or !

The Zeughaus already had the Fokker DIII 352/16from after the death of Boelcke in late '16 early 1917 .

Befor the death of Richthofen (at 21 April 1918), but only just after the date of his last victory ( 18 March 1918) on this ( Part painted Red ) 152/17 ,.. his regular machine , .....
152/17 was [almost certainly] painted all over red , ready again for his future regular use .

Some time after his death , it is decided that " One of Richthofens Personnal machines shall be preserved for the Nation" at the Zeughaus .

It is thought probable that the Russian destroyed this 352/16 & 152/17 machines .

There are some stories against this of moving 152 to a place of safety in Berlin .
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Some other DRI survived WK1 example of 528/17 (2196) ,..GoeII (18) from the Adlershof ....This machine was now came under the peacetime DVL ( with quite several other machines ) ..By 1925 the new museum at Temelhof was established with machines (from all sides) now on display , loaned by DVL .
The rest is a long story better told in books .
It "may" been destroyed in making "Pour le Merite" in '30s .
[ or it or parts of it* may survive to this day ] .

Same also with a machine , ( assembled from saved parts in Holland ) , Oberursel #3223 , sent 1933 from Antony Fokker to Berlin & later used in films .
[ it or parts of it *may have survived to this day ]
* One only DRI fuselage & some parts exists today held by a collector .

Others will know more of the history about these machines .

JM

528/17...( labelled incorrectly as a Richthofen machine )