AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
RFC/RAF(Canada): No.85 CRS/CTS
1917 Black cat on fuselage, black flight number. Red, white or
blue fin to denote flight.
1917-18 As above. Rudder stripes were also added, these were of
different orientation for the flights. A vertical, B diagonal,
C horizontal
191 Red St George Cross on white shield
Of interest was the practice of adding white notches to the tail of the
cat to show the number of crashes each aircraft was involved in

Curtiss JN4A C591
-
1917
Source: C&C(GB) 15/3 |

Curtiss JN4(Can) C227
C Flight
1917
Source: C&C(GB) 15/3
|

Curtiss JN4(Can) C705
B Flight
November 1917-March 1918
Source: C&C(GB) 15/3
Revised 11/08 |
|

Curtiss JN4(Can) C205
-
-
Source: C&C(GB) 15/3 |
|
|