Why did the Germans switch to the more ordinary straight sided cross some time in 1918? Was this just a fashion statement or did somebody loose the stencil used for painting the Maltese crosses?
I can understand that the some U.S. pilots had difficulty to distinguish between the Japanese roundel and their own during the early years of WWII and that the Finns needed no prompting to get rid of their swastika like insignia, but I fail to see how a Maltese cross could be mistaken for any of the roundels used by the Allied pilots during the Great War.
BTW. Did the Russian pilots use something resembling the British, French and American roundels on their planes? (Some more red, white and blue)
Thanks to you all.
Vic.