 Compared to the D.III, the upper wing of the D.V was closer to the fuselage, while the lower wings attached to the fuselage without a fairing.The D.V wings were almost identical to those of the standard D.III, which had adopted a sesquiplane wing arrangement broadly similar to the French Nieuport 11.The only significant difference between wings of the D.III and D.V was a revised routing of the aileron cables that placed them entirely within the upper wing.