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Originally Posted by Sven7
Interesting how they only have the black and white 'invasion stripes' on the bottom of the fuselage, but not on the top. The wings appear to have full coverage. Maybe AAA was more of a problem than friendly fire?
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Invasion stripes were fairly quickly removed from the top of the wings and fuselage.
About a month after D-Day, they were ordered to be removed.
As more and more aircraft were being stationed in liberated France, with many of these used for ground attack duty, they were just too painfully visible from the air.