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During the middle of 1917 the principal German fighters, the Albatros D.III and D.V, lost their superiority in the skies of the Western Front, and now the Sopwith Camel and S.E.5a dominated in the air. At this time the German Air Command (Idflieg) called all manufacturers to take part in the Fighter Competition planned for January 1918. Fokker Flugzeugwerke, led by the genius Anthony Fokker, had a strong reputation among pilots because by this time the Fokker Dr.I had already become a legend of the air. When the Fighter Competition started at Adlershof on January 20, 1918, Fokker Flugzeugwerke proposed eight prototypes. Many of them were very ambitious, but all German manufacturers at this time had a common problem: the lack of a powerful engine. All the new designs were based on 'good old' engines like the air-cooled Oberursel Ur.II