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Great history lessons,Thanks Thanks for the great PMs : Hi Willy, The insignia for the CCMVG is the first national insignia for U.S. military airplanes to include Army, Navy (War Department) and Coast Guard (Treasury Department). It was used until spring of 1942 when the Navy realized that...

Thanks! MILITARY AIRCRAFT ROUNDELS 1917-MAY 1942 MAY 1942-JUNE 1943 The first U.S. roundel was an adaptation of the British symbol, three concentric circles (red-on-white-on-blue). The white circle was simply stretched into the shape of a star. As war in the...

Folks – I’ve been trying to learn the history/significance/origin of the round blue circle/white star/red circle that We’ve been using as the logo for our newsletter off and on for the past year. I’ve seen it on WWII aircraft in various versions – some with and without the red circle; some with...