what is it?
The Pfalz D.XII is a German fighter aircraft built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Designed by Rudolph Gehringer as a successor to the Pfalz D.III, the D.XII entered service in significant numbers near the end of the First World War. It was the last Pfalz aircraft to see widespread service.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1918-03
- number built
- 800
- role
- fighter
- makers
- Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.IIIa / Mercedes D.III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.4 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 897 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,639 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q634420, Wikipedia: Pfalz D.XII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.