AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Jagdgeschwader Nr.I


Formed in June 1917, and consisting of Jastas 4, 6, 10 and 11, JG.I was the prototype of the 'Flying Circuses'. Named not for their colourful aircraft, but rather for the speed with which they could be shifted from one part of the front to another as needed. The circus could provide aerial superiority over the Allies by concentrating on a single sector of the front.

Their first commander was the infamous 'Red Baron', Manfred Frhr. von Richthofen. After his death in April 1918, JG was taken over by Reinhold and then a name that was to be infamous in a later war - Hermann Goering.


 


Albatros D.V D.4693/17
Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen
November-December 1917
Source: OTF 3/3


Fokker Dr.I 152/17
Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen
March 1918
Source: OTF 3/3
REVISED



Fokker Dr.I 425/17
Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen
April 1918
Source: OTF 3/3


Fokker Dr.I 425/17
Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen
March 1918
Source: Ferko: Richthofen