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.

 


Halberstadt CL.II 6313/17
Gefr Hermersdorfer/Flg Munster
January 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Halberstadt CL.II
Vzfw Tanzer/Uffz Feyerherd
March 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Hannover CL.II
Uffz Schlink/Uffz Diets
Spring 1918
Source: via GVW