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**wonwinglo** · 18-03-2005

Insignia of the Red Cross of Geneva.

Widely used in the war years were air ambulance aircraft,particularly in North Africa,the aircraft used the logo of the Red Cross of Geneva which took two basic forms as used on aircraft,this was either with a square background as shown here,or with a circular background,this was displayed aft of the fuselage roundal and also below the wings inboard of the roundals and sometimes on the upper surfaces of the wings.
The most popular type in use was the Airspeed Oxford III,besides the red cross insignia the aircraft bore the normal camouflaged dark green & dark earth upper surfaces and white undersides.As a general rule the diameter of the cross is the same as the aircraft roundal.
Other types in use included the Bristol Bombay which had a single red cross painted onto the centre section so that it was highly visible from above,a few Lockheed Hudson aircraft were also pressed into services as air ambulances as well as De Havilland Dominie and a De Havilland DH.86 biplane.
One example of an aircraft that utilised the names of famous nurses written onto the nose was Airspeed Oxford P8833 named 'Nurse Cavell'

18-03-2005	#2 (permalink)
wonwinglo Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Warwick,UK Real Name: Barry My Models: Aviation artifacts Visit wonwinglo's Gallery Posts: 5,610 Images: 49	The Scale-Models guide to aircraft markings-Part 2-Air Ambulance aircraft 1939-45 Insignia of the Red Cross of Geneva. Widely used in the war years were air ambulance aircraft,particularly in North Africa,the aircraft used the logo of the Red Cross of Geneva which took two basic forms as used on aircraft,this was either with a square background as shown here,or with a circular background,this was displayed aft of the fuselage roundal and also below the wings inboard of the roundals and sometimes on the upper surfaces of the wings. The most popular type in use was the Airspeed Oxford III,besides the red cross insignia the aircraft bore the normal camouflaged dark green & dark earth upper surfaces and white undersides.As a general rule the diameter of the cross is the same as the aircraft roundal. Other types in use included the Bristol Bombay which had a single red cross painted onto the centre section so that it was highly visible from above,a few Lockheed Hudson aircraft were also pressed into services as air ambulances as well as De Havilland Dominie and a De Havilland DH.86 biplane. One example of an aircraft that utilised the names of famous nurses written onto the nose was Airspeed Oxford P8833 named 'Nurse Cavell' __________________ 'And there I was oil on my goggles from a broken pipe,then I looked at the altimeter,all I could see was the makers name !' www.wonwinglo.scale-models.net/