A Worker Installs a Tail with the Iconic Allied Colour Pattern

Full Citation: Photograph 165-WW-18B-68; Airplanes – Miscellaneous – Making Eyes for Our Aviators. When an Allied Aviator Sees Another Aeroplane with Its Tail Painted Red, White and Blue He Knows It Is a Friend and Lets Him Pass; 1917-1918; Airplanes – Miscellaneous; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 – 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 – 1952, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/worker-installs-tail-with-iconic-allied-colour-pattern/, April 2, 2026]