AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
R.A.F. SE5a
The USAS initially purchased 38 SE5as in October 1918, and eventually
acquired 264 of them. The 25th AS was the sole squadron in the AEF to
be equipped with the SE5a, and only managed two flights over the lines
before the Armistice. In 1922/23, 50 were built by the Eberhard Steel
Company from spare parts as trainers and given the designation SE-5E.
As used by the 25th AS, the finish was similar to that of the RAF SE5a,
with PC10 upperworks (and possibly underside of the fuselage), CDL lower
surfaces. USAS roundels and rudder stripes wer carried.
Postwar, USAS roundels and then US stars and horizontal rudder stripes
were carried.
The type survived until 1927 as a trainer.
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RAF SE5a F.8038
1/Lt Guy Baldwin
Source: OTF 3/2
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RAF SE5a F.8015
Source: The SE5 File
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RAF SE5a F.8030
Source: Ethell/Simonsen
History of Aircraft Nose Art
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