In particular 253.31 has been one of the fighters flown by Austro-Hungarian ace Eugen Bonsch (in Bonsch's name-umlaut).On 23 September 1918 it was damaged in the collapse of the Ghirano airfield hangar caused by a storm .The aircraft suffered the cut of almost the entire rear fuselage section.Most probably it was not repaired before Nov.4,1918 and was then captured by advancing troops.
There's a quite simplified colour profile of this aircraft at page 216 of the book "Die Flugzeuge der KuK Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger" (AAVV;H.Weishaupt Werlag,Graz,1988).A more detailed one (by Ray Rimell) is among the colour plates of the famous Martin O'Connor's book about Austro-Hungarian aces.Maybe both these profiles have been drawn from the photo of 253.31 stored in damaged conditions at Ghirano after the storm.This photo is also shown on Dr.O'Connors book.
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