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Old 12th March 2007, 15:08
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Re: Japanese aircraft leading edges?

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Originally Posted by n8452x View Post
Greetings,
Something I've noticed and which caught my eye, Japanese aircraft seem to always have yellow leading edges to about half span on the wings. Why is this? I've been wondering and can't come up with a decent answer, although I'm sure there is one.
Thanks,
Ryan

Hi Ryan


As far as I know the yellow band was for identification purposes and part of the camouflage introduced during the war .

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gian paolo
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