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Last Of The Albatros Fighters. The DVA Proved Not Much Better Than The Earlier DI-IIIs. Shown Is Paul Baumer, Germany's Sergeant Ace, Who Ended The War As An Officer With 43 Official Victories To His Credit. On March 23, 1918, He Was Still Flying His Albatros To Allow The Officers To Catch Up With His Victories In Their Triplanes When He Downed Lt. Edlestone In His Sopwith Camel, Called Flower Henry For The Flower Painted On His Albatros. He Survived The War Only To Die Testing An Airplane In Sweden On July 15, 1927. The Sopwith Camel Was The Top British Fighter Of The War. First Delivered In Mid 1917, It Shot Down More German Planes Than Any Other Allied Fighter. Highly Maneuverable, It Was The First British Fighter To Have Two Guns Firing Through The Propeller. In The Hands Of British Aces, It Ended German Superiority In The Air During Winter 1917/18.