Aircraft Marking and Fin Flash (Thailand)

Royal Thai Air Force

Last modified: 2015-07-28 by ian macdonald
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• Air Force Roundel and Fin Flash
• Air Force Marking and Fin Flash 1941-1945

See also:

• Air Force Flags
• Air Force Rank Flags
• Military Flags
• Thailand

Other sites:

• Royal Thai Air Force
• Scramble – Dutch Aviation Society

Air Force Roundel and Fin Flash

Roundel	Fin Flash
image by Eugene Ipavec	image by Dov Gutterman

The Royal Thai Air Force uses a square national flag as fin flash.

Dov Gutterman, 12 Oct 1999

Aircraft Marking 1941-1945	Fin Flash 1941-1945
image by Eugene Ipavec	image by Eugene Ipavec

Here's an interesting link titled "AXIS DECALS: ROYAL THAI AIRFORCE."

You can see distribution of the roundel, the fin flash and other related markings.

Esteban Rivera, 15 Oct 2005

Actually, the rectangular "roundel" and the fin flash are very similar, and quite similar to the 1855-1916 national flag, except that the elephant is in a running attitude and with its trunk raised. Since the decal sheet is titled "The Royal Thai Air Force (1942-1945)" I wonder if during those years – of pro-Japanese nationalist government – the former flag was at all used.

Santiago Dotor, 17 Oct 2005