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  2. North American A-36 - Wikipedia

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    The North American A-36 (company designation NA-97, listed in some sources as "Apache" or "Invader", but generally called Mustang) is the ground-attack/dive bomber version of the North American P-51 Mustang, from which it could be distinguished by the presence of rectangular, slatted dive brakes above and below the wings.

  3. USAAF unit identification aircraft markings - Wikipedia

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    Non-camouflaged 486th Bomb Group B-17G with 4th Combat Bomb Wing, 3rd Air Division color marking scheme. The first color markings for B-17s appeared in July 1944 when the 1st Combat Bomb Wing (91st, 381st, and 398th Bomb Groups) painted the empennage of their airplanes bright red. The remainder of the 1st Air Division began using color schemes ...

  4. Lozenge camouflage - Wikipedia

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    A light-toned four-color, or Vierfarbiger lozenge camouflage pattern typical of daytime operations for underside use A hexagon-based lozenge camouflage typical of night operations A Fokker D.VII shows a four-color Lozenge-Tarnung (lozenge camouflage), and its early Balkenkreuz black "core cross" on the fuselage has a white outline completely surrounding it.

  5. Aircraft camouflage - Wikipedia

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    For many types of aircraft, particularly fighters, the rubber mats were reversed for even and odd serials, named A and B patterns. The undersides, and lower half of the fuselage, of night bombers were painted black. [10] [11] Variations on fighters at the start of the war included painting the underside of one wing black. Later in the war the ...

  6. Aircraft livery - Wikipedia

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    Spray-painting a historic de Havilland Dragon Rapide in the colors of Iberia (2010). An aircraft livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, governments, air forces and occasionally private and corporate owners) apply to their aircraft.

  7. List of airline liveries and logos - Wikipedia

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    Air Canada: Blue aircraft, with the name Air Canada and maple leaves on the front area of the fuselage, directly behind the cockpit, and on the tail. In 2017, a new livery was introduced with a white fuselage with a black underside, lettering, and tail with red maple leaf logos on the engines, fuselage, and tail.

  8. Royal Air Force roundels - Wikipedia

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    On dark surfaces except upper surfaces July 1942 – January 1945; upper wings and fuselage sides of all Second Tactical Air Force (2 TAF) bombers and photo-reconnaissance Spitfires, January 1945 to early 1947. Upper and lower wings and fuselage sides of 2 TAF fighters (e.g.: Hawker Tempest) January 1945 to early 1947. [4] Ratio 4:8:9 (SEAC)

  9. U.S. helicopter armament subsystems - Wikipedia

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    The M23 is specifically designed for long fuselage UH-1s (UH-1D/H/N). [2] [3] XM26; With the development of the BGM-71 TOW missile Hughes had been given the contract to develop a launching system for the UH-1. By 1968 development had shifted over to development of a system for the AH-56 helicopter which was eventually canceled.