AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Fl.Abt.(A)253


In the German Air Service the observor was in command of the aircraft, hence they were assigned to specific aircraft, and any personal markings were their perogative. At FAA253, the unit marking was a white disc, personal markings were usually carried within this disc.
Greg VanWyngarden wrote an article on this unit and their aircraft in an issue of C&C(USA)...Unfortunately I only have a xerox of the article, and don't know the issue number.

 

LVG C.V Serial Unknown
Ltn Teske

Source: C&C(USA)

DFW C.V
Fldwbl Henkel / Ltn Hentschel

Source: C&C(USA)