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January 15th 04, 01:55 PM
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Stephen Harding wrote:
It surprised me too. The source for this is the New England Air Museum which had a photograph of a red star marked US plane and an info card stating this was the national marking for a brief time. I checked their page and a general Google search and can't find any more about this, but the source and photo was definitely seen during my last visit to NEAM a few years ago. The USAF museum confirms the 1916 red star: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/insignia.htm Andreas 
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January 15th 04, 02:08 PM
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Andreas Parsch wrote:
Stephen Harding wrote: It surprised me too. The source for this is the New England Air Museum which had a photograph of a red star marked US plane and an info card stating this was the national marking for a brief time. I checked their page and a general Google search and can't find any more about this, but the source and photo was definitely seen during my last visit to NEAM a few years ago. The USAF museum confirms the 1916 red star: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/insignia.htm Andreas Fascinating. Thank you both. John
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January 15th 04, 06:29 PM
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Andreas Parsch wrote:
Stephen Harding wrote: It surprised me too. The source for this is the New England Air Museum which had a photograph of a red star marked US plane and an info card stating this was the national marking for a brief time. I checked their page and a general Google search and can't find any more about this, but the source and photo was definitely seen during my last visit to NEAM a few years ago. The USAF museum confirms the 1916 red star: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/insignia.htm Thanks Andreas. Ya got me off the hook! SMH
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January 16th 04, 09:43 PM
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Andreas Parsch wrote:
Stephen Harding wrote: It surprised me too. The source for this is the New England Air Museum which had a photograph of a red star marked US plane and an info card stating this was the national marking for a brief time. I checked their page and a general Google search and can't find any more about this, but the source and photo was definitely seen during my last visit to NEAM a few years ago. The USAF museum confirms the 1916 red star: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/insignia.htm This site also confirms that I got my facts back-asswards - it was Billy Mitchell who got the red-blue-white (outside to inside) roundel adopted, for similarity to our allies' roundels (blue-white-red for the Brits, red-white-blue for the French.). Andreas -- Marc Reeve actual email address after removal of 4s & spaces is c4m4r4a4m4a4n a4t c4r4u4z4i4o d4o4t c4o4m
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