[Dan_San_Abbott]

Langdon:
I believe that all the Fokker Triplanes that were accepted to the end of April 1918 were accepted with white cross fields and Iron Cross. The seven accepted in May had the Iron Crosses changed at Fokker to the balken cross.
Dr.I 425/17 was accepted on 8 January 1918 and DR.I 477/17 was accepted on an early date in February 1918. ( The Fokker acceptance records of February and March 1918 were lost.)
The delivery of DR.I 425/17 to Armee Flugpark 2 about 18 to 22 February 1918. I don't think MvR ever used DR.I 425/17 until a dew days before he was killed on 21 April 1918. There is no record of MvR flying Dr.I 425/17 until 19 April 1918. We can surmise and suppose til hell freezes over, and it does not change the known facts. The cross form order of 17 March 1918 was complied with at Le Chelle Airfield and the later change of 4 April 1918, correcting the cross form either at LeChelle Airfield or at Cappy after 12April 1918. I think the red paint job was done just before the cross modification because there is red under the last cross change.
Blue skies,
Dan-San