AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

No.84 Sqn RFC/RAF


No 84 Sqn arrived in France in September 1917. Their unit marking was supposed to be a white square bwhind the roundel, however this was never applied and in its place a horizontal bar was applied to the aft fuselage. Flights were designated by coloured wheel covers - red, white and blue for A, B and C flights respectively. Flight letters were applied in front of the roundel. In March 1918, these markings changed to two inward sloping bars either side of the roundel and for reasons unknown, the flight letters were discontinued. Wheel covers remained in flight colours.

 


RAF SE5a
A Flight
Oct 17-Mar 18
Source: Generic
updated 2013


RAF SE5a E8026


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RAF SE5a D6856
Capt A W Beauchamp-Proctor
Summer 1918
Source: FMP VC Book Research