AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ERA

Fokker D.V


Ordered in three batches - D.2600-D.2799/16 in October 1916, D.650/17-D.799/17 in February 1916 and then D.1600/17-D.1699/17 in April 1917, the Fokker D.V was used by both the German Air Service and Naval Air Service as a trainer and for base defence. Later it was issued to some Jastas as an interum trainer for the transition from the inline Albatros and Pfalz fighters to the Fokker Dr.I, Siemens-Schuckert D.III/IV and Pfalz D.VII rotary engined fighters.
The standard finish to the D.V was clear fabric with olive streaks. These streaks could vary from quite dense to thin and from a distance can almost look like a sprayed finish. Unlike the later Dr.I, the streaks are oriented parallel to the wing ribs instead of diagonally across them. Initially white cross fields were applied to the fuselage and upperwing and a white rudder. Underwing crosses could be seen both on fields or directly on the fabric. On some trainers, no underwing crosses were carried. The cross fields and rudder were soon overpainted leaving white outlines to the crosses. Undersuirfaces appear to be either plain or light blue.

 

 

 

 


Fokker D.V 2669/16
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Unknown Training Unit
1916/17
Source: Fokker D.V Mini-Datafile


Fokker D.V 2699/16
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Unknown Naval Training Unit
1917
Source: Fokker D.V Mini-Datafile

 


Fokker D.V 2x82/16
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Unknown Naval Defence Flight
1916/17
Source: Fokker D.V Mini-Datafile

Fokker D.V 2775/16
Ltn Hess
Kampf-Einsitzer Schule Warschau
May 1917
Source: Fokker D.V Mini-Datafile

Fokker D.V 1605/17
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Flieger Schule Stolp
August 1918
Source: Fokker D.V Mini-Datafile