Re: Roland CII paint scheme

Bill Shatzer (aw177@freenet.carleton.ca)
Sat, 24 Dec 1994 02:00:40 -0500

>Hi,
> On page 158 of German Aircraft of the First World War by
>Thetford and Grey there is a photograph of a Roland CII.
> The part that interests me is the shark's mouth (or whale
>mouth?) painted on the nose. Has anyone ever seen a description of what
>the rest of the paint scheme of this aircraft is? It appears to have
>dark upper surfaces, and lighter colored undersurfaces. There are also
>light-colored curtains neatly tied back on the window visible under the
>wing.

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Dark green upper surfaces with light blue undersides. The "curtains"
are probably white painted on the windows by an overly whimsical
ground crew. Watch out for the references which show a stripe
(blue or otherwise) around the rear fuselage. I *think* the "stripe"
which appears in the photos is merely the shadow of the rear gunner's
MG. See my letter in Windsock about 5 years ago - but, I've been
wrong many, many times before so take this with a small grain of
salt. Cheers, and Merry Christmas! Bill

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Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@ednet1.osl.or.gov - aw177@FreeNet.Carleton.ca