Canvas Side Markings ??

21 May 2006, 07:33 PM

Hi, I need help to identify a German plane? I recently purchased the canvas side of a plane, it is marked with a large black cross and AEG Jii 390/18. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

bshatzer · 21 May 2006, 08:20 PM

http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/images8/AEG_J1a.jpg

Cheers,

21 May 2006, 09:14 PM

Thanks for the link. The piece I have is quite different then the picture. Is it possible to post a picture?

SCMc · 22 May 2006, 09:03 AM

crallis8,

Instructions for posting images are here: How to post images to the forum....

You can find free image hosting sevices using Google. Some people here use Photobucket.

Steve

Cigogne · 22 May 2006, 12:32 PM

The fabric should be linen and not canvas. They did not use canvas on aircraft. The fabric would be for the rear side portion of the fuselage from behind the observer's cockpit back to the tail. This type of aircraft was armor plated from the nose to just behind of the observer/gunner's cockpit and was used for close infantry cooperation and ground attack.

22 May 2006, 01:41 PM

Is there any way to find out about this specific plane? I am interested in finding out the unit, the pilot, what happened to it and where or???

rabu · 29 May 2006, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cigogne

The fabric should be linen and not canvas. They did not use canvas on aircraft. The fabric would be for the rear side portion of the fuselage from behind the observer's cockpit back to the tail. This type of aircraft was armor plated from the nose to just behind of the observer/gunner's cockpit and was used for close infantry cooperation and ground attack.

You mean linen canvas, not cotton canvas... linen is a canvas so all the planes using linen were using canvas.
Linen canvas was used because it is much stronger and permanent then cotton or other type canvas.