1-300 USA Early War Pacific White Star Roundel 1942-1943

1-300 USA Early War Pacific White Star Roundel 1942-1943
These 1-300 USA Early War Pacific White Star Roundel decals reproduce the simplified U.S. national aircraft insignia used after the red center disk was removed in 1942. The marking consisted of a white five-pointed star centered on a blue circular field, creating the clean early-war insignia strongly associated with American aircraft in the Pacific during 1942–1943.
Before this change, U.S. military aircraft carried a white star with a red center disk. Following the outbreak of war in the Pacific, the red disk was considered a potential source of confusion with the Japanese Hinomaru. On May 28, 1942, the red center was ordered removed from the national insignia.
The resulting white-star marking appeared on aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps. It became especially familiar during the battles of 1942 and early 1943 as American air forces fought across the Pacific, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and other theaters.
Representative aircraft carrying this marking included the P-40 Warhawk, P-39 Airacobra, P-38 Lightning, F4F Wildcat, SBD Dauntless, TBF Avenger, B-17 Flying Fortress, B-24 Liberator, and numerous transports and patrol aircraft.
In June 1943, white horizontal bars were added to the sides of the star-and-circle insignia as part of a new effort to improve recognition at distance. This ended the brief period in which the plain white star on blue served as the principal U.S. national aircraft marking.
Product Features
Designed for 1-300 / 6mm early WWII American aircraft miniatures
Reproduces the white star on blue circular field used during 1942–1943
Particularly appropriate for Pacific Theater aircraft
Suitable for historically appropriate P-40, P-39, P-38, F4F, SBD, TBF, B-17, B-24, and similar aircraft
Useful for U.S. Army Air Forces, Navy, and Marine aircraft of the period
Printed on thin waterslide decal paper
Decals must be individually cut from the sheet before application
For wargamers recreating the critical early Pacific campaigns of 1942–1943, this plain white-star insignia provides the characteristic American marking seen after the red center was removed and before the familiar horizontal bars were introduced.