US_roundel_1943-1947.svg
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English:
Roundel used by all US armed forces from 31 July 1943 to 14 January 1947, replacing roundel having red outline, or no outline, but with white bars, and was replaced some nine months before the
USAF
was formed, by roundel having a single lengthwise red bar inset in white bars (bisecting them), giving the insignia the trio of red-white-red stripes evocative of the non-
canton
areas of the
Flag of the United States
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| Date | |
| Source |
Bell, Dana (1995)
Air Force Colors Volume 1 1926–1942
,
Carrollton
: Squadron Signal Publications
ISBN
:
0-89747-316-7
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according to Section 40.1.1.2 Color of MIL-STD-2161A (AS), the colors of this insignia are established as FED-STD-595 red 11136 white 17925 blue 15044. The visualization of the colors comes from this site Elliot, John M. (1989) The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide Vol 2 1940–1949 , Sturbridge, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications ISBN : 0-914144-32-4 . |
| Author | NiD.29 |
USAAF roundel used from 1943 to 1947. Image a colour adjusted and object adjusted version of file:USAF_roundel.svg which was released into GFDL .
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