Kingdom of Greece: Royal Hellenic Air Force (original) (raw)
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- Air Force ensign
- Air Force pennant
- Civil air ensign
- Minister of the Air Force
- Commander of the Civil Air Force
See also:
- Greece
- Greece: Historical overview
- Greece: History of the national flag. II - 1828-1970
- Greece: Air ensigns and markings
Air Force ensign
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Air Force ensign - Images by Miles Li & Joe McMillan, 25 November 2008
Left, correct version;
Right, erroneous version shown in Flaggenbuch [neu92]
The Air Force ensign was blue with a white cross, a yellow crown inside a white ring in canton and a blue-white-blue roundel in the middle. The Air Force ensign as shown in Flaggenbuch [neu92] did not have the white ring around the crown, which is one of the few possible errors of_Flaggenbuch_.
The adoption date of the flags used by the Royal Hellenic Air Force is unknown. Their use was most probably suppressed during the First Republic (1924-1935). They were abolished in 1970.
Tom Gregg & Miles Li, 5 February 2004
Air Force pennant
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Air Force pennant - Image by Miles Li, 11 December 2019
Left, correct version;
Right, erroneous version shown in Flaggenbuch [neu92]
The Air Force pennant was a long triangular flag with seven vertical stripes (four blue, three white) of equal span, and with a white Greek cross near the hoist. Flaggenbuch shows it with the proportions of 1:12, although in reality it was probably 1:40, the same as the naval pennant at the time (photo).
[_Great Greek Encyclopedia_, 1934 (image)]
Miles Li,11 December 2019
Civil Air ensign
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Civil air ensign - Image by Miles Li & Joe McMillan, 25 December 2008
According to Flaggenbuch [neu92], the Air Force ensign, without the crown in the first quarter, was the civil air ensign as well.
Tom Gregg, 11 February 1997
Minister of the Air Force
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Flag of the Minister of the Air Force - Images by Miles Li & Joe McMillan, 25 December 2008
Left, correct version;
Right, erroneous version shown in Flaggenbuch [neu92]
The flag of the Ministry of the Air Force was a square version of the Air Force ensign. The Air Force ensign as shown in Flaggenbuch [neu92] did not have the white ring around the crown, which is one of the few possible errors of_Flaggenbuch_.
Miles Li, 7 August 2008
Commander of the Civil Air Force
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Flag of the Commander of the Civil Air Force - Image by Ivan Sache, 27 November 2004
According to Flaggenbuch [neu92], the flag of the Commander of the Civil Air Force was a square white flag with a blue saltire and a white blue roundel in the middle. The number "II", in black, was placed in the first quarter.
Ivan Sache, 27 November 2004