AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
Schusta/Schlasta 6
Schusta 6 was formed from Kasta 18 on 1 January 1917 and was initially
equipped with the Roland C.II. By June they had the AEG C.IV and used
a horizontal black/white stylized oval as their unit marking. When the
Halberstadt CL.II arrived they dropped the marking and just used numerals
1-6 on individual aircraft. With the arrival of a new CO in April 1918,
Oblt Jurgen Ludecke had each aircraft add the emblem of his former unit
- the 17th Brunswick Hussars 'Totenkopf' - a death's head, which they
used until the end of the war.
AEG C.IV C.6623/16
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June 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!