File:Roundel of the United States (1919–1941).svg

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English: Roundel used by the United States armed forces from 19 August 1919 to 6 May 1942 until red dot removed to avoid confusion with Japanese insignia. Superseded very similar roundel whose colors and proportions differed slightly - the original version having the colors from the US flag, and a center dot 1/3 of the outer radius. This version has a center dot constrained by the inner vertices of the star, a size that does not translate into an even fraction.
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  • Grumman F3F-2 USN F3F-2

  • colors consistent as per this & this
  • Elliot, John M. (1989) The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide Vol 1 1911-1939, Boylston, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications ISBN: 0-914144-31-6.
  • Elliot, John M. (1989) The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide Vol 2 1940-1949, Sturbridge, MA: Monogram Aviation Publications ISBN: 0-914144-32-4.
  • Bell, Dana (1995) Air Force Colors Volume 1 1926-1942, Carrollton: Squadron Signal Publications ISBN: 0-89747-316-7.
  • According to Section 40.1.1.2 Color of MIL-STD-2161A (AS), the colors of this insignia are established as FED-STD-595 red 11136 white 17925 blue 15044. The visualization of the colors comes from http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?fs=11136+17925+)
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Roundel of the United States Army Air Corps used from 1926 to 1941. When the Air Corps name was changed to the United States Army Air Force which retained the roundel until 1942 when complaints came that the red dot in the centre of the star could be confused by anti-aircraft personnel or other pilots for Japanese aircraft (their roundel was a red circle). The roundel was revised in 1942 with the red dot removed. This is a colour correction to Image:USAAC_Roundel.svg by User:Bburton who has released the image into the public domain.

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Public domain This image is in the public domain in the United States because it contains materials that originally came from a United States Armed Forces badge or logo. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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current20:22, 16 August 2023602 × 602 (316 bytes)Fry1989Minor improvements
08:39, 14 April 2014675 × 675 (426 bytes)AnonMoossimplify, more exact geometry
19:42, 8 June 2012675 × 675 (2 KB)Fry1989stop adding a buffer to the roundels
14:09, 8 June 2012700 × 700 (497 bytes)NiD.29darken blue as per refs
01:03, 6 May 2012600 × 600 (661 bytes)Alkaricode cleanup
14:19, 7 September 2010600 × 600 (4 KB)KwasuraCorrection of the proportions. based on: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq2-1.htm ''The circumference of the center circle should be tangent with the sides of the pentagon formed in making the star. ''
23:42, 1 June 2010600 × 600 (4 KB)Fry1989shade
14:46, 3 January 2008600 × 600 (4 KB)Mike1979 RussiaRoundel of the United States Army Air Corps used from 1926 to 1941. When the Air Corps name was changed to the United States Army Air Force which retained the roundel until 1942 when complaints came that the red dot in the centre of the star could be conf
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