AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

List of Profiles - Commonwealth


 

 


No.1 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

1-1

Lt RJ Anthony

Nieuport 17

A6678

May 1917

1-2

Nieuport 17

B1690

Summer 1917

1-2

Capt Philip Fullard Fletcher

Nieuport 17

B3459

September 1917

1-4

Nieuport 24bis

December 1917

1-5

Capr Wendel W Rogers

Nieuport 27

December 1917

1-6

RAF SE5a

C6458

July 1918

1-7

Lt ETS Kelly

RAF SE5a

B5808

June 1918

 


No.2 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

2-1

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

2-2

Sgt Maj Dismore / 2/AM Hare

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

A2702

August 1917

2-3

RAF BE2c

Late 1916

2-4

REFILED as 34-3

 

 

 

2-5

2/Lt W B Rhodes-Moorhouse

RAF BE2b

687

April 1915

2-6

Lt AA McLeod / Lt Hammond

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

B5773

Spring 1918

2-7

Lt AA McLeod

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

B5782

December 1917

 


No.3 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

3-1

Lt C Palmer / Lt H Birdwood

Morane-Saulnier BB

5137

March 1916

3-2

Sopwith camel

B5577

3-3

2/Lt GD Alderson

Sopwith Camel

C6707

February 1918

3-4

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3-5

Lt A T Partridge

Sopwith Camel

D9443

August 1918

3-6

Morane-Saulnier LA

5120

 


No.4 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

4-1

RAF BE2c

1701

Late 1915

 


No.5 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

5-1

Capt Robert M Pike

deHavilland DH2

4732

August 1915

5-2
Lt A T Easom
RAF BE2c 2742 September 1916
5-3
RAF RE8 C2731
5-4
RAF RE8 A4712

 


No.6 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

6-1

Capt Lanoe G Hawker

Bristol Scout C

1611

July 1915

6-2 RAF BE2c 1671 April 1915

 


No.7 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

7-1

Lt Liddle / Lt Pike

RAF RE5

2457

July 1915

7-2 2/Lt Goodson RAF BE2c 2750 June 1916
7-3 Lt R Combe RAF RE8 B5066

 


No.8 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

8-1

RAF BE2c

1709

February 1916

8-2

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

8-3

Capt F West / Lt J Haslan

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

C8602

August 1918

 


No.9 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

9-1

RAF BE2e

9-2

Lt VW Burgess

RAF RE8

A3930

9-3
RAF BE2c 2508

 


No.10 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

10-1

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

B233

Summer 1917

10-2

2/Lt CW Holmes

RAF BE12

2567

April 1917

10-3

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

B5772

Winter 1917/18

 


No.11 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

11-1

Lt Albert Ball

Nieuport 11

A126

May 1916

11-2

Lt A McKeever / Sgt L Powell

Bristol F2b

A7288

11-3

Bristol F2b

C4601

September 1917

11-4

Lt A MacLean / Lt G Canthorn

Bristol F2b

11-5

Vickers FB9

7826

July 1916

11-6

Lt G Insall / AM H Donald

Vickers FB5

5074

November 1915

11-7 2Lt E Burton / 2Lt FW Griffiths RAF FE2b 4290 September 1916
11-8 Bristol F2b A7130 Summer 1917
 
No.12 Sqn RFC/RAF
     
12-1
Lt G Knight
RAF BE2c 2502 November 1916
12-2
2/Lt A B Raymond-Barker
RAF BE2c 2546 October 1916
 
No.13 Sqn RFC/RAF
     
13-1
RAF BE2c 2535
13-2
RAF RE8

 


No.14 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

14-1

Bristol Scout C

4689

14-2

deHavilland DH1a

Summer 1916

 


No.15 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

15-1

RAF RE8

A4704

15-2
RAF RE8 B836 March 1918

 


No.16 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

16-1

RAF BE2c

2612

Early 1916

16-2

Lt McKenzie / Lt Everingham

RAF BE2e

A2815

April 1917

16-3

Lt SH Hughes / Lt J P Taylor

RAF RE8

E1104

16-4

RAF RE8

A3196

16-5
Farman MF.11 Summer 1915

 


No.17 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

17-1

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

C3558

 


No.18 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

18-1

deHavilland DH4

A7466

 


No.19 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

19-1

SPAD VII

A310

April 1917

19-2

Lt Cecil Montgomery-Moore

Sopwith Dolphin

E4514

Sept/Oct 1918

19-3

Maj Albert D Carter

Sopwith Dolphin

C4017

Spring 1918

19-4

Lt JA Aldridge

Sopwith Dolphin

C3833

19-5

SPAD VII

B1537

April/May 1917

19-6

SPAD VII

B3508

September 1917

19-7

SPAD VII

B3492

August 1917

19-8

Lt R Watts

RAF BE12

6180

October 1916

19-9

Lt SL Whitehouse

SPAD VII

B6776

October 1916

19-10

Sopwith Dolphin

B7855

19-11

Lt SF Allabarton

SPAD VII

B1627

19-12

SPAD VII

A6706

 


No.20 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

20-1

Lt V Groom / Lt E Hardcastle

Bristol F2b

D7939

July 1918

20-2

Sgt F Mottershead / Lt Gower

RAF FE2d

A39

January 1917

20-3

Lt Newbold / Lt Champion

RAF FE2b

6338

February 1916

 


No.21 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

21-1

RAF RE8

A3224

 


No.22 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

22-1

Capt FP Don / Lt H Harris

RAF FE2b

A857

June 1917

22-2

Bristol F2b

A7163

Autumn 1917

22-3

Bristol F2b

22-4

Bristol F2b

A7300

22-5 Bristol F2b B1112 Autumn 1917

 


No.23 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

23-1

Sopwith Dolphin

C3824

23-2

Sopwith Dolphin

C3905

23-3

Capt W M Fry

SPAD XIII

B6850

February 1918

23-4

Sgt B Irwin / Lt F G Thiery

RAF FE2b

4852

September 1916

23-5

Sopwith Dolphin

C4147

23-6
Lt James Pearson
Sopwith Dolphin C9138
23-7
2/Lt FC Craig
SPAD VII A6682 April 1917

 


No.24 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

24-1

2/Lt Otto Lerwill

deHavilland DH2

5930

March 1916

24-2

Major Lanoe G Hawker

deHavilland DH2

5964

July 1916

24-3

Lt RHMS Saundby

deHavilland DH2

5925

November 1916

24-4

2/Lt G P Robertson

deHavilland DH5

A9435

September 1917

24-5

Capt GEH McElroy

RAF SE5a

B891

January 1918

24-6

2/Lt Charles H Crosbee

RAF SE5a

B548

Early 1918

24-7

2/Lt A P C Wigan

RAF SE5a

C1057

March 1918

24-8

RAF SE5a

C1961

Spring 1918

24-9

Lt Ernest Crossen

RAF SE5a

D6998

24-10

2/Lt C Kerr

deHavilland DH2

6011

July 1916

24-11

Lt Toné PH Bayetto

Morane-Saulnier N

A178

July 1916

24-12

deHavilland DH2

Summer 1916

24-13

deHavilland DH2

7873

September 1916

24-14

Capt John O Andrews

deHavilland DH2

5998

Summer 1916

24-15

2/Lt Davd M Tidmarsh

deHavilland DH2

5929

April 1916

24-16

deHavilland DH2

5925

July 1916

24-17

Capt IDR MacDonald

RAF SE5a

D3444

Summer 1918

 


No.25 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

25-1

Grinnell-Milne / MacMaster

RAF FE2b

6341

May 1916

25-2

deHavilland DH4

A7535

25-3

deHavilland DH4

25-4 deHavilland DH4 D4827
25-5 deHavilland DH9A F1045 Late 1918

 


No.27 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

27-1

Martinsyde G.102 Elephant

A6263

June 1917

27-2

Martinsyde G.100 Elephant

7266

July 1917

27-3

Martinsyde G.102 Elephant

 

27-4

deHavilland DH4

February 1918

27-5
deHavilland DH9A E828 December 1927

 


No.28 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

28-1

Capt W G Barker

Sopwith Camel

B6313

Autumn 1917

28-2

Sopwith Camel

B6363

Late 1917

28-3

Sopwith Camel

28-4

Lt E G Forder

Sopwith Camel

B2455

May 1918

28-6

Lt G D McLeod

Sopwith Camel

B2316

June 1918

28-7

Capt Clifford M McEwen

Sopwith Camel

D8239

Early 1919

28-8

Capt P Wilson

Sopwith Camel

Early 1919

28-9

Capt W G Barker

Sopwith Camel

B6313

March 1918

 


No.29 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

29-1

Nieuport 17

A6684

Spring 1917

29-2

2/Lt F Barrie

Nieuport 23

A6675

June 1917

29-3

Lt CHR Lagesse

RAF SE5a

D5969

 


No.30 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

30-1

Lt A E L Skinner

SPAD VII

A8812

January 1918

30-2

RE8

A4352

 


No.32 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

32-1

RAF SE5a

D6984

32-2

deHavilland DH5

A9357

32-3

Capt L P Ailzewood

deHavilland DH2

7907

September 1916

32-4

deHavilland DH2

7851

32-5

deHavilland DH2

 


No.34 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

34-1

Lt DS Cairns / Lt K E Tulloch

RAF BE2e

5836

August 1916

34-2

Lt J B Nicoll

RAF RE8

Dxxxx

34-3

RAF BE2e

7086

34-4

RAF RE8

B2254

1917

 


No.35 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

35-1

Bristol F2b

B1134

Early 1918

35-2

Armstrong Whitworth FK8

B201

June 1917

 


No.37(HD)Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

37-1

Lt Murray

Sopwith Camel

F1333

Summer 1918

 


No.39(HD)Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

39-1

Bristol F2b

C4636

39-2

Lt William Leefe-Robinson

RAF BE2c

2693

September 1916

39-3 Bristol F2b C4645 Feb-March 1918

 


No.40 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

40-1

Nieuport 23

A6680

March 1917

40-2

RAF SE5a

D213

Spring 1918

40-3

Maj Roderick Stanley Dallas

RAF SE5a

D3511

May 1918

40-4

RAF SE5a

B189

40-5

Capt Gwilym Hugh Lewis

RAF SE5a

B3540

July/August 1918

40-6

RAF SE5a

B875

Early 1918

40-7

RAF SE5a

40-8

Lt H A Kennedy

Nieuport 17

B1552

40-9

Lt William MacLanachan

Nieuport 27

B3607

 


No.41 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

41-1

Lt Frederick S Clark

deHavilland DH5

A9474

October 1917

41-2

Lt Frank H Taylor

RAF SE5a

C1752

Early 1918

41-3

RAF SE5a

E3977

August 1917

41-4

Lt Stephen Hay

RAF FE8

7616

January 1917

41-5

Lt William Gordon Claxton

RAF SE5a

F5910

August 1918

41-6

RAF SE5a

F5547

 


No.42 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

42-1

RAF RE8

A3843

August 1917

 


No.43 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

43-1

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

A8837

43-2

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

A8785

43-3

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

A1100

43-4

Capt Henry W Woollet

Sopwith Camel

43-5

Capt Harold Balfour

Sopwith Camel

43-6

Lt E Mulcair

Sopwith Snipe

E8105

October 1918

43-7

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

A1052

 


No.44 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

44-1

Sopwith Camel

B4614

44-2

Sopwith Camel

B9175

 


No.45 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

45-1

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

A8226

May 1917

45-2

Lt F Garratt / Lt A Carey

Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter

45-3

Sopwirh Camel

B3925

45-4

Lt Masters

Sopwith Camel

B2407

45-5

Nieuport 20

A67xx

Feb/March 1917

 


No.46 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

46-1

Sopwith Pup

A7327

46-2

Sopwith Pup

B1719

46-3

Lt H G W Debenham

Sopwith Camel

C1659

46-4

Sopwith Camel

F6245

Spring 1918

46-5

2/Lt Arthur Gould Lee

Sopwith Pup

B1777

Summer 1917

 


No.47 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

47-1

Capt S M Kinkead

Sopwith Camel

C1659

1919

 


No.48 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

48-1

Capt Leefe-Robinson / Warburton

Bristol F2a

A3337

April 1917

48-2

Lt P Pike / Lt H Griffiths

Bristol F2a

A3335

Spring 1917

48-3

Lt H Davies / Lt R Worsley

Bristol F2a

A3322

April 1917

48-4

Bristol F2b

Autumn 1917

48-5

Major Keith Park

Bristol F2b

Spring 1918

48-6

Bristol F2b

Summer 1918

48-7

Capt Keith Park

Bristol F2b

A7227

October 1917

 


No.49 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

49-1

Lt A H Curtiss

deHavilland DH4

B7741

49-2

deHavilland DH4

A7496

 


No.52 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

52-1

RAF RE8

A4267

March 1918

 
No.53 Sqn RFC/RAF
     
53-1 RAF RE8 B645x ?
53-2 RAF BE2e 7240 Early 1917

 


No.54 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

54-1

Sopwith Pup

A648

Spring 1917

54-2

Capt Oliver Stewart

Sopwith Pup

54-3

Lt FM Ohrt

Sopwith camel

B5423

January 1918

54-4

Lt PC Mitchell

Sopwith Camel

B4612

June 1918

54-5

2/Lt GAC Manley

Sopwith Camel

B5417

February 1918

54-6

2/Lt GCT Hadrill

Sopwith Pup

A6174

May 1917

 


No.55 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

55-1

deHavilland DH4

55-2

deHavilland DH4

A7624

55-3
deHavilland DH4 A7477
55-4
deHavilland DH4 A7703
55-5
deHavilland DH4 B3957 Late 1917
55-6
deHavilland DH4 B3967 Summer 1918
55-7
deHavilland DH9a H3627 Early 1920s

 


No.56 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

56-1

2/Lt Cecil A Lewis

RAF SE5

A4855

April 1917

56-2

Lt Maurice E Mealing

RAF SE5a

B595

March 1918

56-3

Lt Leslie N Franklin

RAF SE5a

C5303

Winter 1917/18

56-4

Capt JTB McCudden

RAF SE5a

B4863

Late 1917

56-5

Capt JTB McCudden

RAF SE5a

B4891

December 1917

56-6

Capt JTB McCudden

RAF SE5a

B4891

Early 1918

56-7

Lt Arthur Percival Foley Rhys-Davids

RAF SE5

A4563

July 1917

56-8

RAF SE5a

Augu/Sept 1917

56-9

Lt Richard Leighton

RAF SE5a

B514

August 1917

56-10

RAF SE5a

B35

Spring 1918

56-11

Lt Dickson

RAF SE5

A8920

June 1917

56-12

Capt Gerald Maxwell

RAF SE5a

B502

December 1917

 
No.57 Sqn RFC/RAF
     
57-1 Lt CG Crane / 2/Lt AL Inglis deHavilland DH4 A7583 October 1917
 
No.59 Sqn RFC/RAF
     
59-1 RAF RE8 B5106

 


No.60 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

60-1

Capt William Avery Bishop

Nieuport 17

B1566

May 1917

60-2

2/lt GAH Parkes

Nieuport 23

B1575

July 1917

60-3

RAF SE5

August 1917

60-4

Capt Keith Caldwell

RAF SE5

A8898

August 1917

60-5

Lt Young

RAF SE5

A4856

July-August 1917

60-6

Lt J J Fitzgerald

RAF SE5a

B507

October 1917

60-7

Capt J W Raynor

RAF SE5a

D6953

October 1918

60-8

Lt Alan Duncan Bell-Irving

Morane-Saulnier N

A186

August 1916

60-9

2/Lt B M Wainwright

Morane-Saulnier N

A173

August 1916

60-10

RAF SE5a

D6945

60-11

Capt Albert Ball

Nieuport 17

A213

September 1916

 


No.62 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

62-1

Capt Stanton / Lt Gordon

Bristol F2b

C4619

Spring 1918

62-2

Bristol F2b

62-3 Capt H Claye / 2/Lt HA Clarke Bristol F2b C4630

 


No.64 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

64-1

Capt E R Tempest

deHavilland DH5

A9507

December 1917

 


No.65 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

65-1

2/Lt J P Morgan

Sopwith Camel

B2458

November 1918

65-2

Sopwith Camel

F6343

 


No.66 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

66-1

2/Lt R S Capon

Sopwith Pup

A6175

April 1917

66-2

Lt P G Taylor

Sopwith Pup

A7309

Summer 1917

66-3

Lt G A Birks

Sopwith Camel

B6424

May 1918

66-4

Lt W C Hilborn

Sopwith Camel

E1496

Summer 1918

66-5

Lt Alan Jerrard

Sopwith Camel

B5478

May 1918

66-6

Sopwith Camel

E7167

Summer 1918

 


No.67(A)Sqn RFC

 

 

 

67A-1

Capt A W Ellis

Martinsyde G100 Elephant

7488

Early 1917

 


No.68(A)Sqn RFC

 

 

 

68A-1

Capt G C Wigan

deHavilland DH5

A9449

Late 1917

68A-2

Lt Leslie H Holden

deHavilland DH5

A9344

November 1917

68A-3

deHavilland DH5

A9242

Summer 1917

68A-4

Capt Stan Muir

deHavilland DH5

A9197

Summer 1917

 


No.70 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

70-1

Lt R C Rowe

Sopwith Camel

B3823

July 1917

70-2

2/Lt Todd

Sopwith Camel

B7320

Feb-March 1918

70-3

Lt S W Rochford

Sopwith Camel

D1796

May 1918

70-4

Sopwith Snipe

E8057

1919

70-5

Lt Chas Workman

Sopwith Camel

B3779

July 1917

70-6

Sopwith Camel

70-7

Sopwith Camel

 


No.72 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

72-1

Bristol M1c

 


No.73 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

73-1

Lt Emile Lussier

Sopwith Camel

D9438

Summer 1918

73-2

Major Hubbard

Sopwith Camel

73-3

Sopwith Camel

D6592

Summer 1918

 


No.74 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

74-1

RAF SE5a

E1400

74-2

Lt H G Clements

RAF SE5a

C1079

April 1918

74-3

Capt Edward Mannock

RAF SE5a

D278

Spring 19918

 


No.79 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

79-1

Lt H E Snyder

Sopwith Dolphin

B7927

April 1918

79-2

Sopwith Dolphin

C8043

79-3

Capt William Mays Fry

Sopwith Dolphin

C4131

May 1918

79-4

Sopwith Dolphin

D3584

1919

 


No.80 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

80-1

Sopwith Camel

 


No.82 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

82-1

Capt Fagan / Lt Findlay

AW FK8

B5837 ?

82-2

AW FK8

C8585

82-3

AW FK8

B5843

82-4

AW FK8

B3881

 


No.84 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

84-1

RAF SE5a

B826

84-2

RAF SE5a

E6028

84-3

Capt A W Beauchamp Proctor

RAF SE5a

D6856

Summer 1918

 


No.85 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

85-1

Lt John C Rorison

RAF SE5a

D6933

85-2

Lt Elliot White Springs

RAF SE5a

D6851

85-3

Lt Stuart C Elliot

RAF SE5a

F8953

 


No.87 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

87-1

Sopwith Dolphin

E4587

87-2

Lt Leslie N Hollinghurst

Sopwith Dolphin

C4136

September 1918

87-3

Capt Herbert Larkin

Sopwith Dolphin

C8163

Aug/Sept 1918

87-4

Lt E B Crickmore

Sopwith Dolphin

C4225

June - July 1918

87-5

Maj J C Callaghan

Sopwith Dolphin

C4168

July 1918

 


No.88 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

88-1

Capt Hepburn

Bristol F2b

F4442

 


No.91 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

91-1

Sopwith Dolphin

J9

November 1918

 


No.92 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

92-1

RAF SE5a

F943

92-2

RAF SE5a

B104

June 1919

 
No.94 Sqn RAF
     
94-1
AVRO 504K D7617 June 1918

 


No.99 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

99-1

deHavilland DH9

B7651

99-2

deHavilland DH9

D1769

 


No.100 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

100-1

Handley Page 0/400

C9707

100-2

RAF FE2b

A5650

August 1918

 


No.104 Sqn RAF

 

 

 

104-1

deHavilland DH9

D2931

 
No.110 Sqn RAF
     
110-1
deHavilland DH9A
F1000
September 1918

 


No.111 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

111-1

Bristol M1b

A5140

111-2

Lt R J P Grebby

Nieuport 24bis

B3592

Early 1918

111-3

Vickers FB19 Mk.II

A5236

1917

111-4

RAF SE5a

1918

 


No.139 Sqn RAF

 

 

 

139-1

Bristol F2b

D8063

139-2

Maj William George Barker

Sopwith Camel

B6313

139-3

Capt Hursthouse / Lt Smith

Bristol F2b

E2285

139-4

Maj W G Barker

Sopwith Camel

B6313

September 1918

139-5

Capt Dalrymple

Bristol F2b

D8084

September 1918

139-6

Bristol F2b

D8078

139-7 Bristol F2b
E2187
December 1918

 


No.141 Sqn RAF

 

 

 

141-1

Bristol F2b

C923

 


No.143 Sqn RAF

 

 

 

143-1

RAF SE5a

C1805

May 1918

 


No.144 Sqn RAF

 

 

 

144-1

deHavilland DH9

C6293

 


No.150 Sqn RFC/RAF

 

 

 

150-1

Lt K B Mosely

Bristol M1c

C4912

July 1918

 

No.186(T)Sqn RAF
     
186-1 AVRO 504K
H2304
Ca.1919
 
No.187(T)Sqn RAF
     
187-1 AVRO 504K
E1735

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