[josef scott]

I've been going over what pics i have of Jacobs' tripes and came up with a question of my own. The first pic posted is, I believe, a detail of the photo referenced by FritzKempf. Note the Oberursel, PlM (awarded July 21), and, apparently, a light-painted cowling face! At first I thought it was a trick of the light or reflection, but check out the second photo - same thing! A hard colour demacation just at the top curve of the cowl.

Now, as to the "god of the northwind" tripe, I was under the understanding that there was only one known photo of this plane in this scheme. The crosses have super-thick borders, indicating to me that the original eisernes kreuz markings have just been painted over. There are also Albatros DVs in the background, which would seem to point to an early 1918 date (or at least earlier than the photo posted of the DVII line-up). It also looks to have a Camel-style prop.

I remember reading another thread which detailed a lot of Jacobs combat reports with descriptions of the machines he was using. I'll try to find and post it.