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Thank you. Presumably the roundels had confused him!Morane-Saulnier MS.406.
Thank you. Presumably the roundels had confused him!
Would the difference be no border on the outer ring of the roundel? I couldn't tell what the colors were.Yes, sometimes the French roundel looks almost the same as the RAF one. But there are other differences in markings that can be noticed usually. Also I doubt the plane was shot down. IMHO she was destroyed while standing on the ground.
Would the difference be no border on the outer ring of the roundel? I couldn't tell what the colors were.
You have given me the key. Now that I see it, I can't unsee it. Does this hold for all British and Commonwealth roundels? Thanks!I see. Indeed the smarthphone screen isn't the best displayer in the case. So we may use the proportion for instance.
The French roundel was of the D, 7/10D, 4/10D while the RAF roundel of the A type that was used at the time was of D, 3/5D, 1/5D. The RAF A1 type introduced a little bit later, was of D, 5/7D, 3/7D, 1/7D. The D is the diameter of the sign. If you assume the D=1m ( 100cm or 1000mm ) we get ...
for the French roundel ... 40cm in the diameter for the light blue disk, 70cm for the white one and 100cm for the red one. In other words ... the dimensions for the colour parts are 20cm/15cm/15cm, starting from the centre of the roundel.
for the RAF A type roundel ... 20cm in the diameter for the red disk, 60cm for the white one and 100cm for the blue one. In other words .. the dimensions for the colour parts are 10cm/20cm/20cm, starting from the center of the roundel.
for the RAF A1 type roundel ... ~14,3cm in the diameter for the red disk, ~42,9cm for the white one, ~71,3cm for the blue one and 100cm for the yellow one. In other words .. the dimensions for the colour parts are ~7,15cm/14,3cm/14,3cm/14,3cm, starting from the center of the roundel.
As you may notice the centre disk of the RAF A type roundel is just a half of the French one (20cm - 40cm). Contrary to that the RAF roundel has the white part and the blue one 5cm wider than the French one. For the RAF A1 type roundel the red disk is even smaller then the one for the A variant although the other rings are almost of the same width as the French ones. So that's the reason for the different appearance of the roundels. The centre disk for the French sign always looks like being large surrounded by the narrow white and red rings while the one for the RAF markings seems to be just a dot with the wide white and blue rings.
The shape of the Armée de l'Air roundel ...
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The shape of the RAF roundel ...
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You have given me the key. Now that I see it, I can't unsee it. Does this hold for all British and Commonwealth roundels? Thanks!
So, in reality, the British gave their enemies a smaller bullseye than the French for a target.