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Old 12th March 2007, 22:47
Graham Boak Graham Boak is offline
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Re: Japanese aircraft leading edges?

but red is rare....

The reason is to improve identification in a head-on pass. The RAF in Western Europe had yellow leading edges on the outboard wing for the same reason. The FAA used yellow in the invasion of Madagascar and for Operation Pedestal. The Desert Air Force had red spinners on their fighters - a different approach but the same reason.
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