Fokker D.VII '1.D.357.' Profile.
Copyright by Kristjan Runarsson (profile and text), http://www.brushfirewars.org

Aircraft History
As far as I know this machine was the only one of Finlands Fokker D.VIIs to survive until the type was mustered out 1924. The Finns used the Fokkers as training aircraft and operated them initially in the original German Lozenge camouflage fabric with the German "Balken Kreuz" markings being crudely converted to Von Rosen crosses by extending the tips of the German cross.

Profile Accuracy
This profile is based on a couple of photos as well as guesswork where the photos did not provide coverage. There is a number of other generally similar reconstructions of this aircrafts color scheme floating around, this one is mine and it is not 100%. The profile should nevertheless be relatively accurate although I can not vouch for the colors since I do not know what the source of the FS595 references is. But since Finnish soruces I have used are usually accurate I decided to go with these FS colors rather than other colors usually cited for this aircraft. It should be noted that the color reproduction will vary from monitor to monitor so do not expect the colors on your screen to match a FS595 color fan. The splinter scheme is similar in style to that carried by Finnish Breguet 14 two-seaters. The ski equipment is a common WWI Russian design taken over by the Finns who eventually produced their own ski gear designs

Special thanks to:
My friend Jouni Rönkkö for providing the color information just as I was giving up on this profile.