# What is the type of German plane shot down in the movie 1917?

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**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-german-plane-shot-down-in-the-movie-1917/914756 "2020-07-08T17:38:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![wei-ji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e495f1/32.png) [@wei-ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei-ji)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-german-plane-shot-down-in-the-movie-1917/914756/1 "2020-07-08T17:38:02Z")

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In the movie “1917,” a German biplane is shot down and we get a pretty good look at it on film.

I used to build models of WW I aircraft, but I can’t tell if the movie makers did their homework and used a good model of a real German fighter type of 1917.

I’m guessing a Pfalz, but I can’t tell.

Can anyone authoritatively ID this plane, or hold a solid opinion on it?

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-german-plane-shot-down-in-the-movie-1917/914756/2 "2020-07-08T18:00:42Z")

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According to the Internet Movie Plane Database, it’s an Albatros D.V. That looks right to me.

[http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Category:Albatros\_D.V](http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Category:Albatros_D.V)

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-german-plane-shot-down-in-the-movie-1917/914756/3 "2020-07-08T18:07:23Z")

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Yep. Definitely a D. V. The nose is rather distinctive.

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**Author:** ![wei-ji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e495f1/32.png) [@wei-ji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wei-ji)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-type-of-german-plane-shot-down-in-the-movie-1917/914756/4 "2020-07-13T17:32:33Z")

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Thanks! Very Interesting.