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". . .Here are three pix I shot of original lozenge cut from a plane downed, if I recall, by Raoul Lufbery. It is on display at the National Museum of the USAF. I include 3 photos, taken with and without flash.
Here is the perfect chance to do a time line.
Gervais Raoul Lufbery born March 14, 1885 – died May 19, 1918 was a French-American fighter pilot and flying ace in World War I. Because he served in both French aviation, and later the United States Army Air Service in World War I, he is sometimes listed as a French ace and sometimes as an American ace, though all but one of his 17 combat victories came while flying in French units.
The fabric is German 4 colour aircraft covering fabric. The first examples of this were on the early production Fokker D.VI & D.VII & Fokker E.V in early 1918. It was a product that came from the stocks of the Fokker factory at Schwerin Germany.
The only aircraft shot down by Lufbery in 1918 were;
u/c 12 Apr 1918 1325 94th Albatros D.III Xivray
u/c 27 Apr 1918 94th EA
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Question, Now how could this fabric be associated with Lufbery?
