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2 June 2010, 10:57 AM
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Balloon colour
What color were observation balloons? Allied, German. Caquots or Parsevals or others.
Were they left a natural fabric color? Painted? Grey or brown overall? Not a whole lot of color photos available  cheers, Boom
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2 June 2010, 06:58 PM
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Interesting question.
Hi Boom:
I am at present writing an article for WW1 Aero, titled Gasbags,Dragons and Elephants. It is about observation balloons. the German Parsevals-Sigsfeld Drachen (Dragons) were yellow as were the French copy of the Drachen. The British copy were camouflaged in greens and browns. The French Caquot Typ.M and Typ. R were yellow. The British Type M and Type R were camouflaged in olive green. The American made were camouflaged in Olive Green. The German AE was camouflaged olive-brownish green. Late production had light blue bellies. The balloon fabric was very fine woven cotton fabric coated with liquid rubber by the Allies and an ersatz rubber liquid then colored in the final rubber coating. It was referred to Balloon Fabric and still is today. ( At least to 1988 when I retired. Today it is used for sails on ship models.) Germany, Belgium Drachens at the beginning of the war flew their National Flags for identification on the Balloon Cable Bridle. Around October 1914 Germany painted a straight sided cross on both sides of the envelope. About May-June 1915 France painted the French Cockade on the sides of the envelope. The RFC/RAF never marked their balloons. The USA painted the red, blue white cockade on the sides of the envelope. Part I of Gasbags,Dragons and Elephants will be in Issue No.204, and Part II will be in No 205 of WW1 Aero. There are photos and color illustrations in booth issues. Blue skies Boom, Dan-San Last edited by Dan_San_Abbott; 2 June 2010 at 07:07 PM. |
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3 June 2010, 04:52 AM
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Elefanten?
Dan-san,
vielen dank. Exactly what I needed. There will be a WW1 weekend at Military Aviation Museum this September. (Suppose I should make an announcement). The balloon may look more like ones used at furniture/car sales than a Cacquot, but we can at least have it painted correctly. Probly German on one side, Yank the other. cheers, Boom
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6 June 2010, 07:37 AM
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Boom,
I've already posted the Biplanes and Zeppelins event in the Upcoming Events thread. Feel free to add anything you wish to the thread... to include photos of your Balloon build... did you see the one at Dayton last September? Rob 
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