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| Keywords: Finnish air force roundel 1918.svg en Finnish Air force aircraft insignia from 18th of March 1918 The Finnish national insignia was born on 2nd March 1918 when the Swedish count Erich von Rosen had painted his good luck emblem a blue swastika on a white background on the wings of his Thulin type D Morane-Saulnier type L monoplane Four days later this plane arrived to the army of the white Finland as a donation The contemporary commander of the Air Corps captain Allan Hygerth proposed on 13th march 1918 to the commander in chef of the Army of the republic of Finland that the aircraft should be marked with the von Rosen swastika sign added with the early state flag As an appendix was a swastika having the arms 3/16 of its width and red flag in 1 2 proportions with a yellow horizontal bar being 1/4 of the height of the flag and a yellow vertical bar being 1/8 of the length of the flag positioned at 2-3/8 of the length From preserved aircraft of their parts the colour definition of the blue was darkish in tone and on the US Federal Standard FS 595a 35053 represents a good average On the 18th of march 1918 CIC of the Army general baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim issued an order Nr 26 officially approving first Finnish Air force aircraft insignia All troops are now informed that our aircraft will use from now on as a recognition mark the following sign swastika in blue colour on the wings and fuselage in addition a red flag with a yellow cross will be attached to the tail Keskinen K Stenman K Niska K 1996 Suomen ilmavoimien maalaukset ja merkinnat / Finnish Air Force camouflage and markings Tampere Apali ISBN 9525026051 The hexadecimal color code 263b56 is a dark shade of cyan-blue In the RGB color model 263b56 is comprised of 14 9 red 23 14 green and 33 73 blue In the HSL color space 263b56 has a hue of 213 75 degrees 38 71 saturation and 24 31 lightness This color has an approximate wavelength of 485 nm Federal Standard 35053 is a matching paint color http //encycolorpedia com/263b56 Encycolorpedia own Kwasura 1918-03-18 Aircraft insignia of Finland Blue and white roundels | ||||
