AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Jasta 17


Jasta 17 was formed from KEK Metz at Frescaty on 23 October 1916, and actually became active on 11 November 1916 under the command of Rittmeister Heinz Frhr von Brederlow. Their top-scoring pilot was Julius Buckler, who recorded his experiences 20 years later in his autobiography which has recently been translated into English as "MALAULA! The Battlecry of Jasta 17".

Unit marking for Jasta 17 was a black tail, later a white fin was added. Their Pfalz D.XII and Fokker D.VII aircraft wore a dark coloured nose with a white radiator. This is tentatively shown as a dark blue.

My thanks to Greg Van Wyngarden for the loan of many of the photos used to produce these profiles.

 


Albatros D.II
-
-
Source: Albatros D.II Datafile


Albatros D.II 520/16
-
-
Source: Datafile No.100

 

 


Albatros D.II
-
-
Source:Datafile No.100

Albatros D.III(OAW)
Ltn Alfred Träger
-
Source: GVW


Albatros D.V
Hptm Eberhard von Seel
May 1917
Source: OTF 14/3




Albatros D.V
Ltn Wilhelm Gros
Summer 1917
Source: HAC/UTD via GVW

Albatros D.V"Sonnenvogel"
Ltn Alfred Träger
-
Source: GVW


Albatros D.V
Ltn d.R. Ernst Wendler
Summer 1917
Source: GVW




Albatros D.V "GISI"
Ltn Becker or Oblt Rudno-Rudzinsky
-
Source: GVW

Albatros D.Va
Uffz Konrad Brendel
late 1917
Source: HAC/UTD via GVW


Albatros D.V "Ly"
Vzfw Georg Strasser
-
Source: GVW

 


Albatros D.V
Off. Stv Adolf Schreder

Source: OTF 14/3

 


Albatros D.Va "Adler"
Ltn Alfred Träger
-
Source: GVW

Pfalz D.XII "Wildfang"
-
-
Source: Ferko Collection/UTD


Pfalz D.XII
-
-
Source: Ferko Collection/UTD

 


Fokker D.VII (ALB) "Boroke!"
Oblt. Hermann Pritsch
-
Source: HAC/UTD via GVW