AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
Salmson 2A2
The Salmson in USAS service wore five-colour camouflage. Unlike other
aircraft types, the various manufacturers of the 2A2 appear to have used
a common pattern, with only minor deviations in the shape of the black
footprint on the starboard upper wing. USAS squadrons carried officially
sanctioned insignias on their fuselage sides as well as stripes on the
upper port wing to show the squadron . Individual aircraft were denoted
by numbers on the fuselage and wings.
French national markings were replaced with American ones. This usually
entailed the cocardes being red/blue/white and the rudder being red/whte/blue.

1st Aero Sqn Markings
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12th Aero Sqn Markings
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91st Aero Sqn Markings
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Variation on
91st Aero Sqn Markings
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Salmson 2A2 1286
Lt W Erwin/Lt B Baucom
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OTF 5/4
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Salmson 2A2
Source: Salmson 2A2 Datafile
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Salmson 2A2
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Source: OTF 5/4
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Salmson 2A2 1319
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1919
Source: OTF 5/4 |

Salmson 2A2
March 1919
Source: FMP Salmson book
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Salmson 2A2
Source: FMP Salmson Book
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Salmson 2A2
Lt LM Carver/Lt GT Lindstrom
October 1918
Source: OTF 5/3
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Salmson 2A2
Source: FMP Salmson Book
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Salmson 2A2
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October 1919
Source: OTF 2/1
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Salmson 2A2
Source: FMP Salmson book |

Salmson 2A2 1709
Source: FMP Salmson Book |
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