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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Aircraft Information/Questions => Topic started by: Bolman on October 22, 2016, 06:45:27 AM

Title: chevrons on Fokker D.VII upper wing
Post by: Bolman on October 22, 2016, 06:45:27 AM

Gents,

Was there military significance to the adding of a chevron or chevrons to the upper wing over the lozenge or was it purely artistic?
Military as in Rank or flight leader or rally plane etc.

Thanks,

John

Title: Re: chevrons on Fokker D.VII upper wing
Post by: mike in calif on October 26, 2016, 01:17:22 PM

I think that the use of chevrons was more of an aerial recognition device(who's who?) than a rank or command device. Streamers were flown on some aircraft to indicate flight/ squadron leaders A/C, but as far as I know chevrons were not.