The Aviatik D.V was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Germany in 1918 but which was not selected for production.Herries 2014, p.63''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'' 1981, p.376 Today, little is known of this one-off prototype, and no photographs are known to exist

Design

Unlike the Aviatik D.IV, which was developed from the firm's D.III, the D.V was an all-new design. Like other Aviatik D-types, it was a single-bay biplane, but unlike them, it featured a wing cellule that was braced by struts only, without any bracing wires. Like the D.IV, it was powered by the Benz Bz.IIIbv geared V8 engine. This was a larger displacement and more powerful version of the two Bz.IIIb subtypes that had been fitted to the D.III prototypes. None of these engines were mature yet.

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