[WWI] Ref: Fritz Rumey stripes

[Mike Cartmale]

Hello All,
I have a query regarding the striped Albatros flown by Fritz Rumey.
On the back cover of Vol.1 of Jagdstaffel 5, there is an illustration of
this Albatros by Bob Pearson. This covers the Left side of the aircraft,
with a smaller illustration showing the top.
If you go to Vol.2, page 11, the photograph and drawing are correct, but
this is where it becomes complicated, on page 16 there is a photograph of
the right side of the aircraft, but the stripes do not match.
If you take Bob Persons drawing as the left side and use that as the guide,
which is correct, you can clearly see that the broad black stripe is
covering the rear part of the cockpit opening, with the front part covered
by the thinner black stripe, again as per the photo on page 11.
But, then look at where the stripes are on the right side that go over the
cockpit, the thin black stripe is clearly covering the rear of the cockpit
with a broad white stripe ahead of it.
My question is this, Is this the same aircraft shown in both photos, or is
it the same aircraft, but with the striping different on both sides, split
along the spine of the aircraft.
The reason this all came about is that I am intending to paint the Eduard
Albatros D.V as flown by Fritz Rumey in this scheme and it was working out
the paths of the stripes and that's what started all of this.
If this question has been on the table before please excuse the repeat
question.
Regards
Mike Cartmale
Luton
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