Covered with red crosses?
ONealM:
Mike, on 26 september 1918, two pilots from the 147th Pursuit Squadron engaged Fokker D.VII and one reported, "The leader was all white with what looked like red crosses." The other pilot stated, "-leader was all-white with red crosses." This engagment occured over Milly-devant-Dun.
I have several times on the net suggested that Goering's all white Fok.D.VIIF5125/18 had red crosses rather than the normal black crosses. The discussion turned to ambulance aircraft, completely missing what I had wrote.
The question becomes, where was Jage Nr.1 von Richthofen on 26 September 1918?
Milly-davant-Dun is located 10 kilometers south of Stenay and two klm.north-east of Dun Meuse River, situated on the right wing of the German 5.Armee.
On 24 September 1918, Jage Nr.1, von Richthofen moved to Metz-frescaty Airfield. On 26 September 1918, Jage Nr.1 von Richthofen, "Pursuit region as far as Verdun." Verdun is 29 klm ESE of Milly-devant-Dun and both on the River Meuse.
Fok.D.VIIF5125/18 was accepted on 11 September 1918, which would allow sufficient time for delivery to Goering before he when he returned from leave
on 4 September 1918. so on 26 September 1918, Oblt.Goering led the pilots of Jastas of Jage Nr.1 von Richthofen in his brand new all white Fok.D.VIIF 5125/18 with all the markings in red! It was most likely factory prepared.
Blue skies,
Dan-San
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