WGFE: Brandenburg D.I (FMP)

[john snelling]

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Book Title:

Brandenburg D.I

Author:

karl Meindl and Walter Schroeder

ISBN:

1-891268-01-5

Category:

Reference

Format:

Paperback

Summary:

By Flying Machines Press. 69 pages jammed full of hundreds of black and white photos, 30 color side profiles, one top down profile and one bottom up profile. Chapters on:
Development: with line drawings of each variant and techincal data.
KD D.I in Combat: covers every victory by a KD.
Individual Aircraft Histories: what Flik did the aircraft go to and when it was written off.
The war diary of Frank Linke-Crawford while flying the KD.

Everything you wanted to know about a lesser known fighter. Why did the A-H 28 series shoot down most of the enemy over the German built 65 series? Because the 28 series was better built and most of the German built ones went to advanced training Fleks and not used in combat.

The Brandenburg D.I in WoG:
The stats are "S" maneuver deck, "B" damage deck, 14 damage points, 11 altitude and a climb rate of 3. I also use the house rule of green jam cards have no effect because the top mounted wing was not prone to jamming. If the red jam card comes into play the KD cannot fire. So it is a tricky plane to bring on the board. Common enemy fighters were Nieuport 11/17 and Spad 7 very good match ups.
The KD is made by Colins at Shapeways it is a great representation of the plane.

[Boney10]

Nice little booklet, similar to the Albaross publications Windsock series.
Good info on the HB, enough that I will be getting a couple more of these for my collection and will be using this as my reference