AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

L.F.G. Roland D.II


Developed from the D.I, the D.II had a narrower fairing between the upper fuselage and top wing to improve the still poor forward visibility. The D.II entered squadron service in February 1917, and there were 97 at the front by April. By August this was down to ten and only two remained in October 1917. Roughly 130 D.IIs were delivered from both Roland and Pfalz.
The Roland D.II was usually seen in a red-brown/green upper surface and pale blue lower surface camouflage. This was sprayed on with a fair amount of overspray being visible in each of the colours. On Roland-built aircraft the blue curved up to meet the tailplane, while on Pfalz-built aircraft it continued along the bottom of the fuselage. The crosses on Roland-built aircraft were thicker than those on Pfalz-built.

The Roland D.I, II and IIa are covered in Datafile No.47


 


LFG Roland D.II Prototype
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October 1916
Source: LFG Roland D.II DF

LFG Roland D.II
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Jasta 15
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Source: Windsock 2/1


LFG Roland D.II

Jasta 27

Source: Windsock 2/1
REVISED 5/06

 


LFG Roland D.II
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Jasta 32
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Source: OTF 5/3

LFG Roland D.II(Pfalz)
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Source: LFG Roland D.II DF


LFG Roland D.II(Pfalz)
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Source: LFG Roland D.II DF

 


Roland D.II(Pfalz)

Kest 4

Source: OTF 6/3
REVISED 5/06