From: Dave (gpw1942@verizon.net)
Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 04:22:26 PDT
Hi Lance,
I would like to know more about the invasion stars since I found one on
the hood of my 42 GPW. Do you know anything about the use of BAR codes
during WWII?
Dj
bolton8@juno.com wrote:
>I think the Invasion star was used in the invasion of Italy as well,
>that would explain it. NIGE
>
> I read a short article on this sometime ago. Unfortunately I cannot
>find the article at the moment, so it will be from memory.
>
> Towards the end of the North African Campaign when the U.S. Air Corps
>had taken over the skies there was a serious problem with British and
>Canadian armor being shot up by over enthusiast American pilots. The
>American's didn't take the time to correctly identify their target, they
>went by the rule of thumb: "Either it's got a white star or it doesn't".
>
> It was one of the Canadian Armor Regiment's that came up with the idea
>of putting the Yank white star inside the British roundel. This was
>first used in North Africa by this one Canadian unit. (My missing
>article gives the exact unit which started this.)
>
>The practice spread through other Canadian Regiment's and was first used
>during the invasion of Sicily (10 July 1943). The concept proved so
>successful that before the invasion of Italy it was standardized
>throughout the Allied Forces.
>
>LANCE
>
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