AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

3e Escadrille


Formed in April 1913, the 3e Escadrille flew the first photo reconnaisance mission of the war on September 23, 1914. Originally equipped with Farmans, by 1918 they had acquired the Fiat-engined Breguet 14 A2.

The Holly Leaf was adopted as unit insignia. The Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter in the Musee de l'air de l'Espace Bruxelles carries this marking as applied postwar to an unarmed Strutter.


 


Breguet Br14A2


Source: via Brian Reddington-Wilde