Military aircraft insignia
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Military aircraft insignia are insignia applied to military aircraft to visually identify the nation or branch of military service to which the aircraft belong. Many insignia are in the form of a circ
A Bristol F.2 with British markings standardised during the First World War.
World War I French Nieuport 17 showing large wing roundels.
An Hispano Aviación HA-1112 marked as a Messerschmitt Bf 109 showing the standard German crosses worn during World War II.
A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Harvard 4 with their maple leaf insert onto the Royal Air Force roundel design.
German Air Force
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The German Air and Space Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany. The Luftwaffe was founded in 1956 during the era of the Cold War as the aerial warfare branc
Military aircraft insignia
…tail. During the ensuing war, the crosses would be further simplified, leaving only the borders in a contrasting colour. After the Second World War, West Germany reverted to using a variation of the 1916 iron cross, using the white 'flanks' of the Balkenkreuz following the now-curved sides of each arm, while…
This Canadair CL-13 is preserved at the Military History Museum in Berlin.
Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter (two seater) of recoonnaissance wing 52 (Leck) at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base (1967)
An Alpha Jet A in 1996
One of 212 Panavia Tornado IDSs delivered to the Luftwaffe