AIRCRAFT COLOURS AND MARKINGS OF THE FIRST
WORLD WAR ERA
Postwar Civil Use
Following the Armistice, many ex-military aircraft entered the civil
register. One large user was the Deutsche Luft-Reederei, which started
in 1917 as a military post carrier. In January 1919 they were licensed
as a passenger carrier as well as airmail. as such their aircraft carried
a marking of the German flag with a superimposed horn.
Most postwar aircraft eventually had a black stripe on each upper wing,
black tailplane and a registration number prefixed with the letter D
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LVG C.VI D.184
Postwar
Source: LVG C.VI at War (DF 138)
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