AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Postwar Civil Use


Following the Armistice, many ex-military aircraft entered the civil register. One large user was the Deutsche Luft-Reederei, which started in 1917 as a military post carrier. In January 1919 they were licensed as a passenger carrier as well as airmail. as such their aircraft carried a marking of the German flag with a superimposed horn.
Most postwar aircraft eventually had a black stripe on each upper wing, black tailplane and a registration number prefixed with the letter D

 

LVG C.VI D.184

Postwar
Source: LVG C.VI at War (DF 138)