uniform color of Berthold's old cavalry unit. It consisted of a royal blue fuselage and scarlet engine cowling. Their Fokker Dr.I triplanes would later carry the same color scheme. The other three squadrons of JG II copied the blue fuselages. However, Jasta 12 had white cowlings. Jasta 13 elected hunter green. The cowlings of Jasta 19 aircraft were white. On 6 April 1918, nine Siemens-Schuckert D.IIIs were added to JG II's inventory. Much was expected of these craft because they were the fastest climbing planes the German pilots had yet seen. The bombardment of their airfield on 12/13 April took 25 aircraft out of operation. By the end of May, engine failures caused withdrawal of the Siemens-Schuckert D.IIIs, depleting an already under-strength wing inventory. On 26 May, Jadgstaffeln 12 and 19 were grounded for lack of aircraft. However, the wing began to receive a mixture of new Fokker D.VIIs and 10 worn Fokker Dr.Is as replacements. The wing even had some Albatros D.Vs still in stock. By 19 June 1918, Jadgstaffeln 12 and 19 were again grounded for lack of airplanes. Then re-equipment of Jasta 13 and Jasta 19 began; as they got their new Fokker D.VIIs, they passed on Fokker Dr.Is to Jasta 12. On 24 June, all Fokker Dr.Is were removed from the wing, leaving Jasta 12 with four unusable Siemens-Schuckerts. When 20 new D.VIIs arrived on 28 June, the six with BMW engines were posted to Jasta 15 with the others divided between Jasta 12 and Jasta 19. On 14 July 1918, JG II finally standardized on a single mark of aircraft when it received 20 more replacement Fokker D.VIIs. On 24 July, several of the modified Siemens-Schuckerts were returned to the wing. See also Jagdstaffel 18, Rudolf Berthold's old command and August Raben's new one Footnotes Endnotes Bibliography Military units and formations established in 1918 Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 Military aviation units and formations of Germany in World War I