[James A Pratt III]

On markings the US did away with the red center in the star in May 1942 because it could be confused with the Japanese meatball. The other Allies also deleted red from their roundels in the war against japan for the same reason. The white bars to the star were added in 1943 because the white star alone could be mistaken for the German cross or Italian white Facist insignia. Also note the other markings yellow nose and fusalage bands on the Russian front for the axis and D-day stripes for the Allies

When you are it air combat in a fast moving plane and pulling a lot of Gs in a turn I would say marking identification is going to be a problem!