Amendments and improvements:
· In Bruno Schmälling’s excellent Jasta 30 history he revealed that Otto Fuch’s cockerel in his fox and cockerel motif was red, not black. We have this correctly portrayed in the latest Jasta 30 decals but earlier we had produced decals for his Jasta 77b Albatros D.Va, included in Albatros sets in all three scale; 72013, 48019 and 32011 in which the cockerel was black. Reprinted decals with a red cockerel in all three scales are NOW AVAILABLE.
Please let us know by clicking on the button on the right if you have previously purchased the set and want these updated decals. The decals are free, but postage will be charged at cost, unless you are ordering something else at the same time. In this case, simply add a note with your order.
· In Bruno Schmälling’s excellent Jasta 30 history he revealed that Otto Fuch’s cockerel in his fox and cockerel motif was red, not black. We have this correctly portrayed in the latest Jasta 30 decals but earlier we had produced decals for his Jasta 77b Albatros D.Va, included in Albatros sets in all three scale; 72013, 48019 and 32011 in which the cockerel was black. Reprinted decals with a red cockerel in all three scales are NOW AVAILABLE.
Please let us know by clicking on the button on the right if you have previously purchased the set and want these updated decals. The decals are free, but postage will be charged at cost, unless you are ordering something else at the same time. In this case, simply add a note with your order.
48019 - Albatros D.V/Va. Vol.1
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Principle references consulted in the production of this decal sheet:
- D.Va, Number unknown, Ltn. Otto Fuchs, Jasta 77b March 1918.
- D.Va, Number unknown, Pilot unknown, Jasta 18, April 1918.
- D.V, D.2006/17, Ltn.d.r Bernhard Kilian, Jasta 21b, September 1917.
- Number u/k, Ltn.Hans Auer, C.O. Jasta 32b, September 1917.
- D.V Pilot Unknown, Jasta 12, late summer 1917.
- D.V Ltn.d.r.Friedrich Hochstetter, Jasta 12, late summer 1917.
- D.Va D.7352/17 Ltn.Lehmann, Jasta 59, September 1918.
- D.V LtnArthur Rahn, Jasta 18, November 1917.
- D.V Pilot unknown, Jata 12, September 1917.
- D.V Ltn.Kypke of Jasta 41.
References
Principle references consulted in the production of this decal sheet:
- Albatros D.Va German Fighter of World War I by Robert C.Mikesh. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1980, repinted 1989.
- Albatros Fighters Windsock Datafile Special by R.L.Rimell. Albatros Productions 1991.
- Albatros Aces of World War I by Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing 2000.
- Albatros Aces of World War Part 2 by Greg Van Wyngarden. Osprey Publishing 2007.
- Jagdgeschwader NrII, Jagdstaffel 2 Boelcke, and Richthofen’s Circus. All by Greg VanWyngarden. Osprey Publishing, Aviation Elite Units nos 19,26 & 16. 2005, 2007 & 2004.
- Above the Lines by Norman Franks, Frank W.Bailey & Russel Guest. Grub Street, 1993.
- The Jasta Pilots by Norman Franks, Frank W.Bailey & Rick Duiven, Grub Street, 1996.
- Fliegertruppe Nr.2, by Ed Ferko, Self-published, 1986.
- Various articles in Winsock Magazine, Over the Front and Cross &Cockade.
- Wingnut Wings Archive photographs from their website.
Acknowledgements
As always, these decals could not have
been produced or the histories of the machines and pilots compiled without the
prodigious research and writings of the many specialist authors on the subject
and all the information contained herein is taken from their published sources.
Singling out individuals would be invidious, so please take this as a thank you
to them all; climbing on the shoulders of giants, indeed!
