The League of WWI Aviation Historians, Dayton Area Chapter members, had our quarterly meeting today and the highlight of the meeting was the incredible inspection (hands-on inspection) of a rare piece of original fabric from a Hannover C-IIa that was captured by the allies. The fabric is in the collection of Bob Kasprzak of Dayton (president of the Dayton Chapter). I was there leading the inspection with my Methuen color book and a portable low power microscope. Here are a few pictures of the fabric:


The fabric is from the top, port side wing tip.
Needless to say, I was pretty excited to finally see a fine specimen of the 5-color fabric.