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All marks of Albatros, D.II - .Va., The Dr1 you mention and a Fok.D.VII.
All were black as you note except his first a/c.
The Alberts had either 2 & 3 camo'd wings, or in the D.V's, loz. wings.
The first entirely black a/c is the Dr1 (which came in three versions and there were at least 2 of them, one with a "aftermarket Bentley"). The D.VII was black, as well.
IIRC, his D.II was varnished wood fuselage, as per typical with "KOBES" painted on each side, aft of the cockpit.
It may have been an early D.III.
"Kobes" was the nickname the other pilots gave him or he gave himself, which.
Right now, my sources are scant and do not know how to post a scan from my puter to this site.
Helluva pilot.
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"A King may move a man, a father may claim a son,
but remember that even when those who move you be Kings,
or men of power, your soul is in your keeping alone.
When you stand before God, you cannot say,
"But I was told by others to do thus."
Or that,
"Virtue was not convenient at the time."
This will not suffice.."
-Baldwin Four of The Baldwin Piano Company
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