[StephenLawson]

Originally Posted by snowbird

Thanks Stephen, I suspected you would be the first to reply. On pic#2 do I detect a remnant of a cross on the bottom of the left aileron. Are the ailerons interchageable like that??? How does anyone account for the lack of a Ser# on the fuselage side??? Does the repair on the #50 have anything to do with that?? I'm assuming the engine panels would be green with purple polygons as in the color plate in 'In Action" of a British machine.

Again, if anyone could shed more light on this particular craft, I'm all ears (and a bit of nose)

Tony

No. the ailerons were not formed to be interchangable one side to another. Not sure why the cross would wrap around the underside unless some one just got confused or drunk when painting the original. The lack of serial number is easy to understand. Some Fokker D.VII were awaiting acceptance in the depots at the war's end and simply never had the military reich plate or serials applied. If this is one is not certain. It could have simply been sanded off and revarnished. The number "50" is the race identity number assigned to that machine. Like you see on modern racing ot rodeo contestants. From the factory These types of OAW machines had a base colour of dk. green with mauve patches. Mauve is a more pinkish hue of purple.