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Hello Volker,
From published photographies, I found 2 others french escadrilles operating both 1 and 2 seaters.
-N79/Spa79 (black wolf head) operated Sop.1b1 and b2 amongst nieuports and spads
-Sop111 (swan inside oval). A Sop.1b1 of this squadron is "famous" for landing in Netherlands in july 1917.
Planes were clear doped linen, the last one received a "field" night camo.
According to J.M.Bruce (datafile 80), french Sop squadrons generally received a mixture of 1b1 and 1b2. Spa79 and Sop111 are the only units I have 2 or more pictures and they show both types, so I must agree with Mr Bruce statement.
gilles
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