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Hello Dan-San,
Thank you very much for your offer of the photos I greatly appreciate it, I will contact you through with my address.
Langdon
R Pope,
I have studied many photos but I have never seen anything that suggests what you are saying. There are clear seams on the wings of all E.V and D.VIII aircraft as the plywood was not butt joined nor was it scarf joined, instead it was overlapped in its span wise application (butt joined chord wise), each ply sheet covers three rib bays and they are applied from the centre section outward hence you will notice steps on the far side of a wing but not on the side closest to the camera. I am keen to see the photo you are referring to if you can attach it to this thread please.
Lyle,
From memory I think the Lt Riedel aircraft was E.V 107/18, I have more information including the report into its wing failure unfortunately I have not been able to obtain a good quality copy of this photo which could provide interesting details.
Langdon
Here's a photo that I think shows the camouflage to good effect. I would like to credit Roy Houchin for providing me with this image.
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