Air Force Marking (Spain)

Last modified: 2009-01-17 by eugene ipavec
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Roundel	Fin Flash
image by Frank George Valoczy, 04 Jul 2003	image by Eugene Ipavec, 03 Jan 2009

• Description
• Roundel 1918-1931
• Roundel 1931-1939 (Second Republic)
• Roundel 1936-1939 (Nationalists)
• Roundel 1939-1942
• Roundel 1942-

See also:

• Spanish Military Flags
• Flags at Spanish Military Museums
• Air Force Colours and Guidons
• Flag-like logo on Spanish army vehicles in Iraq
• Historical Flags (Spain)

Other sites:

• Vexilología Militar. Antecedentes y Evolución de las Banderas en España 1700-1978 (Military Vexillology. Origins and Evolution of Flags in Spain 1700-1978, Spanish text only) 1700-1808 and 1808-1978 by Luis Sorando [smz], at the Nec Pluribus Impar website
• Banderas Militares (Military Flags, Spanish text only) by Sergio Camero
• Banderas y Estandartes (Flags and Standards, Spanish text only) with military flags of the 16th and 17th centuries at the Tercios Españoles website
• Emblemas y Guiones de La Legión (Emblems and Guidons of the [Spanish Foreign] Legion, Spanish text only) at the Amigos de la Legión Española website
• Heráldica del Ejercito de Tierra Español (Heraldry of the Spanish Army, Spanish text only)

The Spanish Air Force fin flash – a black thin saltire on white – represents the Burgundy Cross, a 500-year-old Spanish (mostly military) flag.

Santiago Dotor, 14 Oct 1999

image by Frank George Valoczy, 04 Jul 2003

image by Frank George Valoczy, 04 Jul 2003

Roundel 1936-193x	Roundel 193x-1942
image by Eugene Ipavec, 03 Jan 2009	image by Eugene Ipavec, 03 Jan 2009

This is a complex subject since many different roundels, fin markings and fuselage markings were used. Nationalist Wing roundels were usually plain black, to which later on a white saltire (reaching the edges) was added. Correct models can be seen at the www.aire.org website.

Roberto Pla, 04 Jul 2003

Pilot's Fuselage Marking	Falange Fuselage Marking
image by Frank George Valoczy, 04 Jul 2003	image by Frank George Valoczy, 04 Jul 2003

These are fuselage markings, not wing roundels. The 'X' one is the personal marking of a pilot, something usual with fuselage markings, the other one tries to represent the Falange yoke and arrows which should be red.

Roberto Pla, 04 Jul 2003