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TIL the iconic black & white stripes on the allied D-Day airplanes were a last minute idea to help the allied naval anti-aircraft gunners more easily identity friendly planes. This was done after frequent “friendly fire” incidents during the previous invasion of Sicily
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Boy, it would’ve been awkward if the Axis had also come up with the same solution
They are called invasion stripes.
They used “all the white paint in Great Britain” to do it.