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Polish Air Force Checkerboard
The Air Force checkerboard ( pl, szachownica lotnicza) is a national marking for the aircraft of the Polish Air Force, equivalent to roundels used in other nations' air forces. It consists of four equal squares, of which the upper left and lower right are white, and the other two – red. These are surrounded by a border of inverted (counterchanged) colors 1/5 the thickness of a single square. In 1993 the colors were reversed (i.e. white in the upper left). Initially, Polish military aircraft used various signs in national colors (red and white), most frequently shields party per bend, pale, or red letter "Z" in a white square. The four-field, red-white checkerboard, was first used as a personal insignia of the Polish fighter pilot Stefan Stec. It was adopted as the Polish national roundel on 1 December 1918. File:Roundel of Poland 1918 Warszawa.svg, in Warsaw File:Roundel of Poland 1918 Lwów.svg, in Lwów File:Roundel of Poland 1918 Kraków.svg, in Cracow (Kraków) In 1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szachownica
The Air Force checkerboard ( pl, szachownica lotnicza) is a national marking for the aircraft of the Polish Air Force, equivalent to roundels used in other nations' air forces. It consists of four equal squares, of which the upper left and lower right are white, and the other two – red. These are surrounded by a border of inverted (counterchanged) colors 1/5 the thickness of a single square. In 1993 the colors were reversed (i.e. white in the upper left). Initially, Polish military aircraft used various signs in national colors (red and white), most frequently shields party per bend, pale, or red letter "Z" in a white square. The four-field, red-white checkerboard, was first used as a personal insignia of the Polish fighter pilot Stefan Stec. It was adopted as the Polish national roundel on 1 December 1918. File:Roundel of Poland 1918 Warszawa.svg, in Warsaw File:Roundel of Poland 1918 Lwów.svg, in Lwów File:Roundel of Poland 1918 Kraków.svg, in Cracow (Kraków) In 1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |