Von Richthofen's Flying Circus

[andron234]

I'm just wondering has anybody seen a Von Richthofen Triplane with a Chequerboard band behind the cockpit? I found this one in the Imperial War Museum

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

It is in fact a scale model:

Physical description

Model: wood and metal model (L 24in x W 28.5in x H 11.5in), made in a scale of 1/10.
Label

Model of the famous German First World War fighter aircraft, the Fokker Dr1 Triplane, which was acquired by the Museum in 1922. Painted all red, the model represents the machine flown by Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) Eberhard Stapenhorst in 1917-18. Stapenhorst was a member of Manfred von Richthofen's Jagdgeschwader Nr 1, the famous 'Flying Circus'. Stapenhorst was attacked by three enemy aircraft on 13 January 1918, and his aircraft was badly damaged, forcing him to land behind enemy lines, where he was subsequently captured

[flash]

Apparently it was painted standard Fokker olive greens, not red, otherwise would have made an ideal quick repaint of a MvR Fokker,
Shot down by Archie attacking a balloon, or at least forced to land intact (ish !)

More pics here: http://www.fokkerdr1.com/144_17.htm
More info here: http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=41608

[Lt. S.Kafloc]

Die Jagdstaffel 11 wurde am 28.09.1916 aufgestellt. Die Jagdstaffel 11 wurde am 23.06.1917 als Teil
des neu aufgestellten Jagdgeschwader Nr. 1 Richthofen (bestehend aus den
Jagdstaffeln 4, 6, 10 und 11) integriert. Die Jasta 11 bestand bis Kriegsende.

Obiges Foto zeigt die Jagdstaffel 11 am 03.09.1917.
Unter ihnen der Staffelführer Oberleutnant Wilhelm Reinhard. Von links nach rechts:
Leutnant Karl August von Schönebeck, Leutnant Alfred Gerstenberg, Leutnant d.R. Wilhem Bockelmann,
Oberleutnant Wilhelm Reinhard (CO), Leutnant Gisbert Wilhelm Groos, Leutnant Eberhard Mohnicke,
Leutnant Eberhard Stapenhorst, Oberleutnant Kurt Scheffer (OzbV), Leutnant d.R. Constantin Krefft (technischer Offizier),
Leutnant Hans-Georg von der Osten, Leutnant d.R. Karl Meyer, Leutnant d.R. Franz Müller

CO = Staffelführer
OzbV = Offizier zur besonderen Verwendung