AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

RFC/RAF(Canada): No.86 CRS/CTS


1917 – Black snake on fuselage, black checkered rudder
A Flight - white fin
B Flight - Black Fin
C Flight - black bordered fin

depending on source, B and C flights may have reversed markings

 


 


Curtiss JN4(Can) C743
No.86 CTS RFC(Canada)
1917-18
Source: C&C(GB) 15/3