A-N Aeronautical Board proposed standardization of Insignia and Markings, October 8, 1942

A conference was held by the Aeronautical Board in Washington, DC, on October 8,1942, to review the proposed ANA spec, for Insignia and Markings on aircraft exteriors.

It was agreed that the principal benefit from the standardization of insignia and markings on Army and Navy aircraft was that it would allow manufacturers producing aircraft for both services to put the same insignia in all aircraft. However, considerable variations existed between the markings applied for both services and their would be little or no benefits from standardization of markings such as serial numbers as each aircraft carried a different serial number, and it made little difference to the manufacturer to which part of the airplane it was applied. Standardization of squadron insignia would also confer no benefit to manufacturers as they were not applied until the

airplanes were assigned in service. Thus, it was agreed that standardization would be limited to the size and location of the national star insignia. The following agreements were reached:

a. There would be two insignia on the wings and two on the fuselage or hull.

b. The size and locations of the wing and fuselage insignia was decided.

The new spec, was finally released in March, 1943, as AN-1-9 (which see later).