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van der Laan · 10 April 2009, 05:08 PM

Maybe the best single Jasta and pilot photo I've ever seen, its got everything

The entire Jasta 7 pilot corps standing in front of 470/17: the nearly all black Fokker Dr1 with minimal crosses in white, Jacobs dead center and in the mans ulitmate ACE wear a black laether flying jacket and the PLM beaming from under his chin.

I say 470/17 because if you zoom in on JJ you’ll see the tale tell sign of its famous dent in the left side of the facing cowling. If you look at the crosses bleeding over the leading edge of the wings you’ll see they are not the all white thin ones eventually found on 470 so it leaves me with the impression that this is 470 prior to its final paint job seen in other photos. Can anyone weigh in?

A close up of old JJ

FYI: if your interested in downloading these and going into the sale of copies on EBAY do not! It's both a violation and I've altered each image in some undetectable way, which will be obvious if you attempt it and the FERKO collection will be notified Otherwise enjoy! mfv

10 April 2009, 05:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
van der Laan Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 161	Maybe the best single Jasta and pilot photo I've ever seen, its got everything The entire Jasta 7 pilot corps standing in front of 470/17: the nearly all black Fokker Dr1 with minimal crosses in white, Jacobs dead center and in the mans ulitmate ACE wear a black laether flying jacket and the PLM beaming from under his chin. I say 470/17 because if you zoom in on JJ you’ll see the tale tell sign of its famous dent in the left side of the facing cowling. If you look at the crosses bleeding over the leading edge of the wings you’ll see they are not the all white thin ones eventually found on 470 so it leaves me with the impression that this is 470 prior to its final paint job seen in other photos. Can anyone weigh in? A close up of old JJ FYI: if your interested in downloading these and going into the sale of copies on EBAY do not! It's both a violation and I've altered each image in some undetectable way, which will be obvious if you attempt it and the FERKO collection will be notified Otherwise enjoy! mfv Last edited by van der Laan; 11 April 2009 at 05:47 AM.