AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

France: SPAD S.VII


The SPAD VII was initially delivered in the French 'yellow' pattern which had the metalwork painted to match the fabric. With the introduction of camouflage, a few different standard patterns were used featuring either four and five colours - beige, light green, dark green, brown and black. When black was used it was usually on the wings and provides a distinct 'footprint' that helps to determine manufacturer as each company had separate patterns that they used on their aircraft.

Tomasz Gronczewski and Seweryn Fleischer combined their talents to produce an excellent book on the S.VII. this has many detailed drawings showing interior details as well as numerous profiles.The type is also covered in Datafile No.8.



'Yellow' finish

Typical four colour finish
as used by de Marcay

 

 

Typical five colour finish


SPAD VII
Adj Josej Guiget
Spring 1917
Source: Aerodrome Modeler 4/2


SPAD VII
S/Lt Henri Rabatel
August 1917
Source: Aerodrome Modeler 4/2

 

 


SPAD VII
Lt Georges Raymond
Summer 1917
Source: Aerodrome Modeler 4/2

 


SPAD VII S.1647
Cpl Cornet ?
Late Summer 1917
Source: Aerodrome Modeler 4/2


SPAD VII S.125
Mdl. Marcel-Maurice Nogues
April 1917
Source: Aerodrome Modeler 4/4

 

 


SPAD VII
Sgt Dudley Tucker
June 1918
Source: Windsock 5/4

SPAD VII S.116
Adj Maxine Lenoir
-
Source:


SPAD VII
Capitaine Baron Kiyotake Shigeno
-
Source: Windsock 7/2

 

 


SPAD VII S.1215
Sgt Jacques Rafael Roques
Sumer 1917
Source: Windsock 7/4

SPAD VII S.154
-
-
Source: SPAD in Action


SPAD VII S.11379
Adj Marcel Henriot
-
Source: SPAD in Action

 

 


SPAD VII S.5152
Cpl Mevius
July 1918
Source: OTF 8/2

SPAD VII S.2124
Cpl Paul Baer
Autumn 1917
Source: Windsock 5/1


SPADVII
Ltn André Berbelin
-
Source: SPAD VII Datafile

 

 


SPAD VII
-
-
Source: OTF 6/1

SPAD VII
Lt André de Humiére
September-November 1917
Source: OTF 6/1


SPAD VII
Cpl Eugene J Bullard
November 1917
Source: Windsock 7/3

 

 


SPAD VII

1918
Source: via Al Roesler


SPAD VII
Sgt Frank Wells
September 1917
Source: Windsock 7/3

 


SPAD VII S.3281
-
-
Source: Arco/Aircam SPAD VII/XIII

 


SPAD VII
S/Lt Auguste Lendeuil
March 1917
Source: Windsock 4/1

SPAD VII S.1461
S/Lt Rene Fonck
May 1917
Source: Windsock 4/1


SPAD VII S.1777
Raoul Lufbery
Autumn 1917
Source: OTF 15/3

 

 


SPAD VII
Robert Soubiran
-
Source: Captain Games

SPAD VII S.1615
-
-
Source: Captain Games


SPAD S.VII
Lt Decaix
-
Source: Windsock 11/6

 


SPAD VII S.7127
Adj Leon van den Bosche
-
Source: SPAD VII Datafile

 

 

 

 


SPAD VII S.7127
Sgt Vilém Stanovsky
September - November 1918
Source: OTF 7/1

 

 

Belgian SPAD VII


British SPAD VII

 


Italian SPAD VII

Russian SPAD VII

American SPAD VII

Polish SPAD VII