AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
Fokker D.I
With the decline of the Eindecker in early 1916, a new type of fighter
was envisioned - the biplane. Fokker quickly received orders for 80 of
a new design which featured a 120hp watercooled, inline engine - the D.I.
Curiously, the decision was made to equip the D.I with wing-warping when
comparable Allied aircraft were now fitted with ailerons. The first D.Is
were laterally unstable and a fixed fin was soon added. A further 10 were
delivered, for a total of 90, of which 74 were at the front in October
1916.
The D.I was finished in overall CDL with the natural metal cowl being
'riffled'. Crosses were painted directly on the plain fabric. Later, a
white field was placed behind the fuselage and wing crosses and the rudder
was also ordered to be white.
The Fokker DI-IV are featured in a Datafile Special

Fokker D.I 175/16
Vzfw Karl Ehrnthaller
Jasta 1
November 1916
Source: Dan-San Abbott
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Fokker D.I 168/16
Hptm Oswald Boelcke
Jasta 2
September 1916
Source: Fliegertruppe 1914-18
REVISED 5/06 |

Fokker D.I 159/16
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Source: Fokker D.I-IV Datafile
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