03/31/2010. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "One of the most serious design faults of the earlier D.I was the poor forward and upward fields of vision provided for the pilot, and to rectify this deficiency the upper wing was lowered and the wing cellule was staggered, reducing overall height by 14 in (36 cm). With this and other more minor changes, the fighter was redesignated D.II, and an initial production batch of 100 was ordered in August 1916, arrangements being made for the D.II to be license-built by LVG (Luft-Verkehrsgesellschaft).

It was also to be built by Österreichische Flugzeugfabrik A.G. (Oeffag) at Wiener-Neustadt, Austria for the Austro-Hungarian k.u.k. (kaiserliche und königliche) Luftfahrttruppen (imperial and royal aviation troops) with a 185 hp Austro-Daimler engine. The standard D.II had the 160 hp Daimler D III and armament remained a pair of 0.312 in (7.92 mm) LMG 08/15 guns. Twenty-eight D.IIs were at the Front in November 1916, and the strength of this type peaked in January 1917, when 214 were recorded at the Front."

Span: 27 ft 10.64 in (8.50 m)
Length: 24 ft 3.34 in (7.40 m)
Height: 8 ft 5.97 in (2.59 m)
Wing area: 263.72 sq.ft (24.50 sq.m)
Weight empty: 1,404 lb (637 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,958 lb (888 kg)
Max speed: 109 mph (175 kmh)
Climb: to 3,281 ft (1,000 m) 5 min 30 sec
Endurance: 1.5 hr