AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Marine Feld Jasta II


Formed on 19 October 1917, MFJ II was initially equipped with Pfalz D.III/IIIa aircraft. While flying the Pfalz their markings consisted of a white tail. I had previously had all of the Pfalz seen here as part of MFJ III, however MFJ III wasn't formed until June 1918, well after the markings depicted here.

The second profile of 4114/17 may be at Kest 8, not MFJ II. The unit marking of Kest 8 was for a time a snake around the fuselage. So it could belong to either unit .. snake for Kest ,. white tail for MFJ II .. take your pick.

Later the Marine Feld Jastas used yellow tails with chordwise stripes on the elevator to denote the jasta, MFJ II had two black stripes on each elevator.




Pfalz D.III 4114/17

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Source: Meikraft Pfalz kit


Pfalz D.IIIa 4215/17
Flugmaat Armin Undiener
January 1918
Source: Dan-San Abbott



Pfalz D.III 4169/17
Flugmaat Armin Undiener
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Source: OTF 2/4


Pfalz D.IIIa
Flugmeister Kuring
March 1918
Source: Meikraft Pfalz kit


Pfalz D.III 4114/17


Source: Ferko collection / UTD

 


Pfalz D.IIIa
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Source: Aeronaut Pfalz Aircraft of WWI

Siemens-Schukert D.IV
Ltn Z.S. Franz

Source: SSW D.III/IV Datafile
REVISED

Fokker E.V
Theo Osterkamp
August 1918
Source: SPECULATIVE & DOUBTFUL