Schlastastaffel 2's Paint Schemes

I'm looking for any information on how Schlasta 2's aircraft were painted. Were there any re-occuring symbols or themes used on their aircraft?

Any help is greatly appreciated...

[Soderbaum]

Hi Kojack

There is an article in OTF with paint schemes of some Schlasta 2 aircraft....but I cant find it at the moment..I have to many magazines and no total register.

You can probably contact them through the links on this website to get a copy of the article.
There also exist many good photos of this unit one is in OTF 8/3 inside back cover.

Good luck
Gunnar

[Cliff]

C&C(US) V.25#3 gives the following squadron markings on their Halberstadt CL.IIs.
Mar. 1918 - complete tail unit black and a large white number on the camouflaged fuselage.
Apr.-May 1918 - black tail with white fin & rudder
plus the white fuselage number.
Datafile # 27 also has Halb. CL.II with a lozenge covered tail and the white fuselage number.

Hope this helps.
Cliff

I recently found a color profile of a Halberstadt CL.II in the same colors you mentioned, however the caption underneath it says that the black tail was the personal marking of Schlasta 2's commander at the time.

[Cliff]

What you say is true. In Over The Front v.8 #3 is a photo of a lineup of Schlasta 2 Halb. CL.IIs. The lead a/c belongs to C.O. Obltn. Bechtle - black tail, white fuselage band and number '4'. However in the background is another black tailed a/c. So the black tail 'might' be a squadron marking.

Cliff