By mid-May, ‘such Allied types as the Spad, Sopwith Pup and [Sopwith] Triplane, and S.E.5 [were] each able to out-fly the Albatros D.III’.⁶⁹ In the face of that situation, it was clear that Hermann Göring, an accomplished Albatros pilot and flight leader, was definitely the man to command Jasta 27. Leutnant der Reserve Helmuth Dilthey, a seasoned combat pilot newly assigned to the Staffel,⁷⁰ noted:

‘Our fighter aeroplanes were mostly technically inferior to those of the enemy. Speed and ceiling were too low. When I came from Feldflieger-Abteilung 50 to Jagdstaffel 27, we had only three combat-ready aeroplanes there, instead of the eighteen planned. Thus, with its technically inferior single-seaters at the time, the Staffel had no aerial victories at all. When we got Leutnant Göring as Staffelführer, it became better, for not only did he already have seven confirmed aerial victories, but also pleaded our case very energetically to the higher-ups.’⁷¹

As the records shows, Göring’s combat experience and knack for connecting with senior officers would lead Jasta 27 to greater success in the battles to come.