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by Zeljko Heimer, 11 April 2002
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According to Album 2000 [pay00]
- Aircraft Marking - Red-white-red roundel, the red being the
particular Latvian red shade, and the white being
"thinner" then the other two. Note explains that the
national flag is painted on the fin. [cos98] explains that this is so
since 1992. The aircraft markings of Latvian aircrafts was
entirely different before the Soviet era. At first RWR stripes
(of normal red and of equal width) were painted on the wings and
on fin, soon replaced with red swastika rotated 45deg usually on
white disk. The National Guard (paramilitary units) red outlined
used white disk with red indented cross in 1937-1940, and Navy
used 1936-1940 black rotated swastika and black cabled anchor on
the fin. In years 1941-44 Latvian aircrafts in German service
used a black Latin cross was painted on white pannels, with black
swastika on the fin.
Zeljko Heimer, 8 April 2002
Formed in 1919, and folowing a brief period of using national
colors wingtips and rudder stripes, the Latvian air force adopted
a swastika (red according to [cos98]
but it should ne maroon) on white disc.According to Insignia, there
were variants of those markings such as wing marking of swastika
on white plate (<latjunk.jpg>)
or no white background at all (<latdh9a.jpg>),
however those were probably at the begining, later to be
standartized as in <www.dalnet.se/~surfcity>
and <www.insigniamag.com>
. The image in our site (1918-1940) should be
maroon.
[cos98] show another markinks for
National Guard, 1937-1940 (again should be
maroon). This markings can be seen at Insignia:
"The later style of Aizsargu Aviacija (Latvian National
Guard Aviation Branch) markings with a simplified Auskelis cross
in Dark Red on a White disc are used in six positions". It
don't show the ring around it as in [cos98]
image.
Insignia also show a former markinks of
the National Guard as: "This aircraft used a marking
basedon a traditional Latvian ornament, the Auskelis, which was a
Dark Red and White cross with swallow-tail tips. This was then
superimposed onto a Latvian military Jack in Dark Red and
White". There is no word about those marking in [cos98]. Aizsargu Aviacija was formed
in 1931 and dissolved in1940.
You can read at Insignia about "Latvian Air Force
1918-40" and "Early Latvian Aircraft
