[WWI] Albatross DIII (oeffag ser. 253)

[Ivan Carlos Ruchesi]

Hi Neil,
 
Regarding the Ying-Yang symbol on Peter´s Albatros, I´ve been browsing "Air Aces of the Austro Hungarian Empire" By O´Connor looking for pictures. There are two pictures of Peter´s planes and unfortunately, neither is very clear to worth a scan. There is also a colour profile (the old one featured in Scale Models magazine in the eighties) depicting 253.04 with the following reference:
 
"Albatros D.III (Oef) 253.04. This aircraft is shown as flown by Franz Peter at Flik 3J, stationed at Romagnano airfield on the South Tyrolean front, during August 1918. This aircraft was flown extensively by Peter, who scored at least two victories in it. The undersurfaces of the wings and horizontal tail surfaces as well as the wheel covers were in natural finish. The remainder of the aircraft was densely covered in Green 29E8, applied in tightly overlapping sworls by saturated sponges or rags. The crosses were outlined in all six positions. The struts were black. The large personal marking was done in white and red 9A8. The red portion of the marking is thinly outlined in white, and the entire marking is then outlined quite thinly in black. The style of the marking is that of the Yin and Yang of Chinese philosophy. This symbol expresses the diversity of forces in the universe and their interaction. Whether or not this had anything to do with Peter´s
 choice of  the marking is debatable. Whatever his reasons, the marking surely served as a fine device for in-flight recognition.
Interestingly, the other aircraft flown frequently by Franz Peter at Flik 3J, Albatros D.III (Oef) 253.05, had a virtually identical marking except that the colors were reversed, i.e., the white was at the front and the red was towards the rear."
 
While the JaPo book features 253.05 and the FMP 253.04, both colour profiles show the Ying Yang symbol with red forward, sothe FMP colour profile doesn´t follow the above quotation.
 
The book picture at page 158 says to show 253.04 rising from Romagnano airfield and although the symbol is almost totally hidden by the lower left wing, it seems to have red at the rear (so it would be 253.05 according to the quotation).
 
There is another picture on page 159, saying to show 253.05, but now white is at the rear of the symbol, again against the text.
 
So it´s a confuse matter. I would like to read the Osprey book on AH Aces, perhaps it contains information up to date.
 
Oops!, the 253.04 colour profile show the guns weren´t at eye level, their nozzles laying under the engine intake manifold...
 
 


--- El mar 19-ago-08, Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford at volvo.com> escribió:

De: Crawford Neil <Neil.Crawford at volvo.com>
Asunto: [WWI] Albatross DIII (oeffag ser. 253)
Para: "'World War I Modeling Mailing List'" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Fecha: martes, 19 de agosto de 2008, 11:03 am

I'm busy fiddling about with my Albatross DIII (oeffag) with the raised
guns. I've done
the fuel(?) control panel on the left cockpit side, and the aluminium box.
After a lot of thinking
I found a couple of photos, that show two big pipes that go into that box, and
a square
funnel thing just to the left of the gun. So my theory is that the spent
cartridges eject from
the machine gun on the left side, fall into the funnel, slide down the pipe and
into the box
which is good environmentalist thinking from the Austro-Hungarians.  Please
tell me
if this makes sense, otherwise I'm going to do it like that.

Also a request, does anyone have a photo of Peters Albatross DIII ser.253,
it's the one
depicted on the back of the JAPO book with the ying-yang symbol. I have that
book, the
datafile, and the FMP book, but can't find the photo that profile is based
on. A  reference
or a scan would be great.
Best regards Neil



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