AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

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The D.VII of Richard Kraut was photographed postwar in the hands of No.1 Sqn Canadian Air Force and was later sent to Canada. The original serial on the mid fuselage was covered by the bands - two possibilities for the colours of which are shown below. In various sources it is listed as 5324/18, while in Canadian documents it is 5924. The werke nummer was 5923, so the possibility exists that the WN and serial were combined somewhere along the line and 5924/18 then applied postwar.

The two aircraft flown by Windisch were commissioned for an article on him in OTF. The Stag on the D.VII was often attributed to either Degelow or Windisch. It turns out both had attended the same hospital which had a leaping stag as its emblem and both later adopted it for use on their aircraft. Degelow having it on his black Pfalz D.IIIa and Fokker D.VII.




SPAD S.VII
Ltn Rudolf Windisch
-
Source: via GVW


Fokker D.VII(OAW) 2035/18
Ltn Rudolf Windisch
-
Source: via GVW


Fokker D.VII(Alb)
Ltn Richard Kraut
November 1918
Source: Datafile No.9


Fokker D.VII(Alb)
Ltn Richard Kraut
November 1918
Source: Alternate scheme