AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
Schusta/Schlasta 12
Formed from Kasta 30 on 1 January 1917. Originally Schusta 12 had no
unit marking as such and just used a black 1-6 on its AGO C.IV, AEG C.IV
and DFW C.Vs. In October 1917 they began to use the last two digits of
each aircraft's serial number on their newly issued LVG C.V and later
Halberstadt CL.II aircraft. In March 1918 a new marking of a white/black/white
stripe was introduced with the arrival of a new CO. This stripe started
on the right hand side of the fuselage at the wing root and continued
over the fuselage to the tail ending at the lower longeron near the tailplane
leading edge. At this time they reverted to using white 1-6 for their
aircraft numbers.