AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
Jasta 17
Jasta 17 was formed from KEK Metz at Frescaty on 23 October 1916, and
actually became active on 11 November 1916 under the command of Rittmeister
Heinz Frhr von Brederlow. Their top-scoring pilot was Julius Buckler,
who recorded his experiences 20 years later in his autobiography which
has recently been translated into English as "MALAULA! The Battlecry
of Jasta 17".
Unit marking for Jasta 17 was a black tail, later a white fin was added.
Their Pfalz D.XII and Fokker D.VII aircraft wore a dark coloured nose
with a white radiator. This is tentatively shown as a dark blue.
My thanks to Greg Van Wyngarden for the loan of many of the photos used
to produce these profiles.

Albatros D.II
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Source: Albatros D.II Datafile
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Albatros D.II 520/16
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Source: Datafile No.100
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Albatros D.II
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Source:Datafile No.100
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Albatros D.III(OAW)
Ltn Alfred Träger
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Source: GVW
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Albatros D.V
Hptm Eberhard von Seel
May 1917
Source: OTF 14/3
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Albatros D.V
Ltn Wilhelm Gros
Summer 1917
Source: HAC/UTD via GVW
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Albatros D.V"Sonnenvogel"
Ltn Alfred Träger
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Source: GVW
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Albatros D.V
Ltn d.R. Ernst Wendler
Summer 1917
Source: GVW
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Albatros D.V "GISI"
Ltn Becker or Oblt Rudno-Rudzinsky
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Source: GVW
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Albatros D.Va
Uffz Konrad Brendel
late 1917
Source: HAC/UTD via GVW
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Albatros D.V "Ly"
Vzfw Georg Strasser
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Source: GVW
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Albatros D.V
Off. Stv Adolf Schreder
Source: OTF 14/3
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Albatros D.Va "Adler"
Ltn Alfred Träger
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Source: GVW
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Pfalz D.XII "Wildfang"
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Source: Ferko Collection/UTD
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Pfalz D.XII
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Source: Ferko Collection/UTD
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Fokker D.VII (ALB) "Boroke!"
Oblt. Hermann Pritsch
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Source: HAC/UTD via GVW
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