AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

AEG C.IV


Research by Dan-San Abbott suggests that the following finishes were used on the AEG C.IV
C.1024/16-1098/16 sprayed green and brown with light grey/blue undersurfaces with white cross fields
C.1099/16-C.1123/16 Plain finish with white cross fields
C.6575-6674/16 sprayed green and brown with light grey/blue undersurfaces and white cross fields until sometime after C.6590/16. After C.6602/16 a third colour was added, thought to be a greyish ruby which was to replace the red-brown which tended to be confused with similarly coloured allied aircraft. Colours were now light and dark green and greyish ruby
C.1700-1799/17 A fourth colour - lilac -was now added to the mix above
C.4800-4899/17, C.7050-7124/17 - Two colour pattern of sprayed grey green and lilac.
Just using photos it is hard to see a third (fourth) shade in many of the reference photos, and in those cases just two colours are being used

 


AEG C.IV C.6623/16
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Schusta 6
June 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

AEG C.IV C.6674/16
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Schusta 27b
May 1917
Source: AEG C.IV Datafile