JDupre5762 wrote:

Just when did various nations adopt the various cross and cockade or
roundel insignia? Was it after WW1 started and the need for recognition
became apparent or did some nations adopt an insignia before WW1?

When did the US adopt the Star with a dot insignia? I know that they used
a roundel style similar to the French style in WW1 while in Europe. Did
US aircraft based stateside use the same insignia as the European combat
aircraft or did they use the star?

The pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille used the French roundel,
naturally. When the US entered the war, we were flying French planes
with a modified roundel (the order of the colors was altered.). I
believe it was at the instigation of Billy Mitchell that the roundel
with the star and red dot was adopted - something to the effect of "I
don't want my boys flying around with a goddamn target on the side of
their planes."

The red dot, of course, was dropped in 1942.

-Marc

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