Today In History:  04 September  [1943]   --  Red circle in US aircraft national insignia removed

Finding the red in the national insignia adopted in June 1943 for its military aircraft could cause confusion with Japanese markings during combat, the United States adopts a new marking consisting of a white star centered in a blue circle flanked by white rectangles, with the entire insignia outlined in blue

PHOTO: P-40B G-CDWH at Duxford 2011, wearing the earlier national insignia. It is the only airworthy P-40B in the world and the only survivor from the Pearl Harbor attack.[56]

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Photo Attribution:  CC BY-SA 2.0  via Wikimedia.  Tony Hisgett - Flickr: Curtiss P-40B 41-13297 4