AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Halberstadt CL.II


The first 100 production CL.IIs were ordered in May 1917 and delivered to the front in August/September 1917. BY the end of the year 170 were listed as on strength, with 342 in April 1918 and 311 in June. By August this had fallen to 175 with the introduction of the Halberstadt CL.IV. The initial batch of Halberstadt CL.IIs were finished with light five colour lozenge on the uppersurfaces and fin/rudder with CDL lower fabric surfaces and the bottom of the fuselage and the underside of the centre-section left in varnished ply. Later batches were in dark five-colour upper and light five-colour on the lower surfaces. In both cases the usual Halberstadt speckled fuselage and centre-section was used. This was originally thought to consist of four or five colours sprayed on in a random pattern with low pressure to produce a speckled appearance. It is now thought that these were actually soft edged polygons sprayed on with a light blue speckle overspray. BFW built Halberstadts were in dark/light lozenge with varnished ply fuselages and grey metalwork.
May 1917 -100 Aircraft - C.2825-C.2924/17 - 170hp Mercedes D.IIIa - Light lozenge/CDL
Jun 1917 - 100 Aircraft - C.5675-C.5774/17 - 180hp Mercedes D.IIIau - Dark/Light lozenge
Jun 1917 - 100 Aircraft - C.6300-C.6399/17 - 180hp Mercedes D.IIIau - Dark/Light lozenge
Oct 1917 - 200 Aircraft - C.14200-C.14399/17 - 180hp Mercedes D.IIIau - Dark/Light lozenge
Nov 1917 - 200 Aircraft - C.15300-C.15499/17 - 180hp Mercedes D.IIIau - Dark/Light lozenge
Mar 1918 - 100 Aircraft - C.1161-C.1260/18 - 200hp Mercedes D.IIIauv - Dark/Light lozenge
Besides the 800 (plus three prototypes) built by Halberstadt, another 500 were ordered from BFW
Feb 1918 -100 Aircraft - C.700-799/18 - 180hp Mercedes D.IIIa - Dark/Light lozenge with varnished fuselages and grey metalwork
Mar 1918 -200 Aircraft -Advanced trainers, possibly cancelled
Apr 1918 -200 Aircraft - C.2800-2999/18 - 180hp Argus As.IIIa - Dark/Light lozenge with varnished fuselages and grey metalwork

 

 


Halberstadt CL.II
Oblt Oscar Bechtle
Schusta 2
March 1918
Source: OTF 5/2


Halberstadt CL.II
Oblt Oscar Bechtle
Schlasta 2
May 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

 


Halberstadt CL.II
-
Schlasta 5
May-June 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!


Halberstadt CL.II
-
Schlasta 5
August 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!


Halberstadt CL.II
Ltn Gunther Ludeke/Uffz Karl Steck
Schlasta 6
September-October 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

 


Halberstadt CL.II
-
Schlasta 7
July 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!


Halberstadt CL.II
-
Schusta 11
December 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

 


Halberstadt CL.II 6313/17
Gefr Hermersdorfer/Flg Munster
Schusta 12
January 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

 


Halberstadt CL.II
Vzfw Tanzer/Uffz Feyerherd
Schusta 12
March 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Halberstadt CL.II 15342/17
Gefr. Haibler / Vzfw Mullenbach
Schlasta 13
June 1918
Source:Halberstadt CL.II Datafile


Halberstadt CL.II
-
Schusta 19
December 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

 


Halberstadt CL.II
-
Schlasta 21
July 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Halberstadt CL.II 5720/17
Uffz Max Niemann / Vzfw Rudolf Kolodzicj
Schlasta 21
October 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!


Halberstadt CL.II

Schlasta 23b
March 1918
Source:Halberstadt CL.II Datafile
Revised 2012

 


Halberstadt CL.II

Schlasta 24b
September 1918
Source: Halberstadt CL.II Datafile
Revised 2012

Halberstadt CL.II

Schlasta 25b
November 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger


Halberstadt CL.II

Schusta 26b
January 1918
Source:Halberstadt CL.II Datafile

 


Halberstadt CL.II

Schlasta 26b
May-June 1918
Source:Halberstadt CL.II Datafile

Halberstadt CL.II
Uffz Fridolin Redenbach/Oblt Sigmund Kreitmair
Schusta 27b
September 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott:Schlachtflieger!


Halberstadt CL.II "ANNI"
Uffz Fridolin. Redenbach/Oblt Sigmund Kreitmair
Schusta 27b
Oct-Nov 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott:Schlachtflieger!
Mirage 1/48 Halb CL.II Kit

 


Halberstadt CL.II "ANNI"
Uffz Fridolin Redenbach/Oblt Sigmund Kreitmair
Schusta 27b
Winter 1917/18
Source: Alternate scheme

Halberstadt CL.II "Brunhilde"

Schlasta 27b
April 1918
Source: Halberstadt CL.II Datafile
revised 2012


Halberstadt CL.II "THEA"

Schlasta 27b
May 1918
Source: Warplanes and Airbattles of WWI

 


Halberstadt CL.II
Gefr Wilhelm Krieger
Schlasta 29b
September 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Halberstadt CL.II

Schlasta 31b
May 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!


Halberstadt CL.II

Schlasta 33
August 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

 


Halberstadt CL.II
Uffz Matthes/Ltn Muller-Friedel
Schlasta 35
August 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Halberstadt CL.II

Unit Unknown
1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!