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Aircraft markings, United Kingdom

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Royal Naval Air Service roundel & fin flash 1914-1915

[aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Source: Military Aircraft Insignia of the World 1998 [cos98] & 2014

Royal Air Force roundel & fin flash 1915-1937

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Royal Air Force roundel & fin flash 1937-1942

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Royal Air force roundels & fin flash 1942-1947

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Royal Air force roundel & fin flash variant 1942-1945

[aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Source: Military Aircraft Insignia of the World 1998 [cos98] & 2014

At this time the Royal Air force removed the red circle and used blue and navy blue roundel and fin flash to distinguish them from Japanese military aircraft in Southeast Asia.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Royal Air force roundel 1943-1947

[aircraft marking]  images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Source: Military Aircraft Insignia of the World 1998 [cos98] & 2014

Royal Air force roundels & fin flash 1942-1947

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Royal Air force roundels & fin flash 1972-

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Royal Air force low visibility roundel

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Nozomi Kariyasu, 13 November 2024

Free French Air Force troops in Royal Air Force

[aircraft marking]  [aircraft marking] images provided by Martin Karner, 22 November 2024
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LyqGo6dz2I

Emblem of Free French Air Force troops in the Royal Air Force during World War II (still image from a Youtube video). It is not clear if this emblem designated all Free French Air Force troops in the RAF, or just this special squadron. It's very likely that the color scheme of the emblem's background was blue-red, completed with the white Cross of Lorraine.
Martin Karner, 22 November 2024