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i'd say yes and no?, this was still in that transition period where camoflague was not really in use, and you used markings to differentiate between friend and foe, and in a fast (relativly to modern) combat situation, you'd need to recognize your allies and foes fast, wich is partly why very visible colours was used

@@LaserSeQ You'll be rather hard pressed to find any Allied aircraft with bright paint. Green and brown were the order of the day, the only exception being the red, white, and blue roundrels on the wings and stripes on the tails.

​@@TimberWolf762 Indeed, Jasta 11 painted their aircraft with such bright colors because they saw themselves as knights of the air and used those bright colorschemes as personal heraldry of sorts, that's likely why they were given the nickname of 'The Flying Circus' by the allies, those bright colorschemes and daring aerobatic maneuvers evoked the thrill of circus acrobats and highware acts, which were equally fraught with danger. Jasta 11 also likely got more resources allocated to them due to their kill counts as a reward from the German command, as they were by far the best performing Jasta in the German air force. Other Jastas didn't paint their aircraft in such gaudy colors, and the allied forces certainly didn't, mainly due to the rate at which aircraft were lost on the front.

He shot down 22. Jasta-11 (including him) shot down 80 Edit: fixed misspelling for Jasta

@@jamminman9585 Wikipedia: Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (German: [ˈmanfreːt fɔn ˈʁɪçthoːfn̩]; 2 May 1892 - 21 April 1918), known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.