from Osprey Jasta 18 0 The Red Noses: Profile 27, notes:
Fokker Dr I 479/17 of Ltn d R August Raben, Jasta 18, Montingen, October 1918
According to Heinz Kiistner and evidence from
photographs, there was only one triplane on the strength
of Staffel Raben, and it was the mount of the Staffelfuhrer.
When photographed at Lomme in May, this machine bore
large white cross fields on the top wing and the white
raven emblem had not yet been applied. It was later
photographed in French hands after the war, and this
illustration is based on those images. The previous white
panels on the top wing were discernible through the red
overpaint, and by the post-war period the white paint on
the fuselage and rudder was considerably degraded. One
of the photographs indicates that the interplane struts
were probably not red as widely supposed, but were
more likely factory finish light undersurface blue. It is also
possible that the undersides of the wings were red by this
date, but we have conservatively chosen to depict them
as factory finish. The cowling was white, and wheel covers
may have been a worn and dirtied red. Alex Imrie has
reported the serial number of this Dr I as 479/17.
