Leutnant Josef Jacobs by Ivan Berryman. [Postcard]

Artist: Ivan Berryman [browse all Ivan Berryman]   

Aircraft Depicted: Fokker DR1 [other products featuring this aircraft]

Germanys greatest exponent of the Fokker Dr1 Triplane, Leutnant Josef Jacobs is depicted chatting with colleagues of Jasta 7 before a sortie in the spring of 1918. His black Triplane became well known to allied pilots, not least because of his formidable kill rate. By the end of the war, still aged just 24, Jacobs had claimed 48 enemy aircraft destroyed. The unusual practice of applying the black cross to the upper sides of the lower wings was to counter friendly fire from other German aircraft who frequently mistook the Dr1 for a Sopwith Triplane.

Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)