LFG Roland DVI by Bernard aka "Bede40"

The Roland D.VI was a German fighter aircraft built at the end of World War I. It lost a fly-off to the Fokker D.VII, but production went ahead anyway as insurance against problems with the Fokker.

In 1917, Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft also designed as Roland began to design a new fighter, the D.VI. Originality was to use a slightly different construction of the fuselage, semi-monocoque but using uniform strips of wood instead of plywood. This production was inspired by boats construction and is also known as "clinker".

Two main variants were built, D. and D. VIa VIb, differ only in the engine and other small details.

His performances were correct and he had good handling characteristics. Based on this plane, 350 were ordered, of which 150 were D.VIa and the rest D.VIB. These aircraft have reached the Western Front in August 1918, where their popularity has declined, mainly because of the prevalence of the Pfalz D. XII and Fokker D. VII. The war ended before the Roland DVI. to enter into large-scale action.

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