AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Schusta/Schlasta 6


Schusta 6 was formed from Kasta 18 on 1 January 1917 and was initially equipped with the Roland C.II. By June they had the AEG C.IV and used a horizontal black/white stylized oval as their unit marking. When the Halberstadt CL.II arrived they dropped the marking and just used numerals 1-6 on individual aircraft. With the arrival of a new CO in April 1918, Oblt Jurgen Ludecke had each aircraft add the emblem of his former unit - the 17th Brunswick Hussars 'Totenkopf' - a death's head, which they used until the end of the war.

 


AEG C.IV C.6623/16
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June 1917
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!


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

 


Halberstadt CL.IV
Oblt Jurgen Ludeke/Uffz Hans Ade
October 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!

Halberstadt CL.IV
Ltn Gunther Ludeke/Uffz Karl Steck
October 1918
Source: Duiven/Abbott: Schlachtflieger!