|
Hello,
There are questions regarding 2099/16 being Wolff's machine. There is the photo of it crashed on the RR tracks and captions describe it as happening when Wolff was wounded 11 July 1917, but Bodenschatz wrote about how Wolff landed at Marckebeke after being wounded; Wolff wrote the same in a letter to his fiancée.
Wolff's machine in March was described as plum purple but by the end of April he was flying the newer 632/17 Alb D.III, which had its entire fuselage washed in a dark color, believed to be red. Perhaps 2099/16 was his earlier plum purple machine and pranged by someone else? I do not know. I have not researched this personally so can offer little more.
As far as the shade of purple Wolff used, I'd be interested in its exact hue and how this had been determined.
__________________
JFM
Jim Miller
|