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Pas de Nomme
Thanks guys,
I picked the blue Dr 1 so I could have a red, yellow and blue Richthofen trio, provided Lothar isn't in hospital and Manfred still alive. Add a partially white and partially black and you have a colourful handful.
Wolfram's might have had a red cowling and struts and perhaps wheel discs, that depends how long his new plane had been at his unit. Perhaps Wop might have had a red cowling and perhaps wheel discs too. But otherwise upper and sides would have been green with only roundels, coloured rudder, and the 209 squadron emblem (3 vertical bars on the fuselage). All the other markings had been declared illegal. The squadron had been ordered to ensure their planes were stripped of all their RNAS livery and comply with RAF colours ASAP a short time before this engagement (at least, according to Rogers in his "British Aviation Squadron Markings of World War I"). My thinking is that Brown would be the last to do so, because as commander his plane had to be easily identifiable in the air, while May's was new, so complied.
Cheers,
BJ
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