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It was common among German ghter units to apply a unit colour to their

aircraft. Individual aircraft were personalized with letters, numbers, crests

or specic colours applied to components such as cowlings, tails or fuse-

lage bands, among others. Large numbers of D.VIIs used by 70 squadrons

amounts to an unbelievable diversity of individualized marking styles, such

as this aircraft own by an unknown pilot of Jasta 58. The nose and tail co-