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tangowhiskey · 2 November 2009, 04:47 AM

Thanks to a kind individual for sending me the following info:

On 22 April 1918, No 54 Sqn RAF was based at Clairmarais North aerodrome; it had moved there from Conteville on 7 April, and stayed until 29 April, when it moved to Caffiers.

B7407 was a remarkable aeroplane, in that it was used by three separate air services. First by No 4 Sqn Australian Flying Corps, then No 54 Sqn RAF, then the 17th Aero Sqn USAS.

No 54 Sqn's marking from late January 1918 was a thin white vertical bar on the fuselage side ahead of the roundel, located where the wooden decking on the fuselage top ends - the rear of the bar continued the line of the decking, and the front of the bar was just behind the trailing edge of the lower wing. The squadron was ordered to change to a sloping 'N" after the roundel during the re-allocation of unit markings on 22 March 1918, but for some reason this didn't occur, and the vertical bar was used until June. The individual number of the aircraft ('A' Flight used 1-6; 'B' Flight used 7-12; and 'C' Flight used 13-18) was painted in white to the rear of the roundel.

2 November 2009, 04:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
tangowhiskey Observer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bahrain Posts: 16	B7407 details and markings update Thanks to a kind individual for sending me the following info: On 22 April 1918, No 54 Sqn RAF was based at Clairmarais North aerodrome; it had moved there from Conteville on 7 April, and stayed until 29 April, when it moved to Caffiers. B7407 was a remarkable aeroplane, in that it was used by three separate air services. First by No 4 Sqn Australian Flying Corps, then No 54 Sqn RAF, then the 17th Aero Sqn USAS. No 54 Sqn's marking from late January 1918 was a thin white vertical bar on the fuselage side ahead of the roundel, located where the wooden decking on the fuselage top ends - the rear of the bar continued the line of the decking, and the front of the bar was just behind the trailing edge of the lower wing. The squadron was ordered to change to a sloping 'N" after the roundel during the re-allocation of unit markings on 22 March 1918, but for some reason this didn't occur, and the vertical bar was used until June. The individual number of the aircraft ('A' Flight used 1-6; 'B' Flight used 7-12; and 'C' Flight used 13-18) was painted in white to the rear of the roundel.