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8 Jan
4.
The two Beechcraft aeroplanes were in the hangar
on the morning of 28th October, 1938, both are camouflaged
in brown and green, the red crosses are on the side and
are 2 ft. by 2 ft. and about 3 ins. wide with a surround
of white about 1 ins. in the form of a cross.
I have my doubts that this marking could be termed clear and
prominent. Mr. Moss gave me to understand that there was
no international marking or painting laid down for a red
cross aeroplane, though the common conception is a silver coloured aeroplane with a large red cross. The camouflage was adopted because the plain silver colour is easily spotted from the air, with the result that Japanese bomb
the aerodromes on which these aircraft are found. This
in itself may raise a question of wider importance as to how red cross aeroplanes can be clearly and prominently marked.
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