During the WWI a/c wore the black Cross Patee (later Balkan
Cross) on white and red-white-red strips on the wing tips and
the tail (on tail with the coat of arms for the Navy). No
particular official Hungarian insignia was used in that time.
The only exception was a proposed new Navy ensign, with an old
Hungarian coat of arms added to the Austrian shield on the mid
white strip on the tail (1915). Never made official, it appeared
however on some of the large flying boats (1). Considering
personal markings, Béla Macourek, CO of Flik 17, had red-white-
green strips on the fuselage of his Aviatik DI, nr 338.02. By
the decree (March 24, 1919) a/c of the Red AF were marked with
red-white-green arrows of equal sides, painted on the fuselage
and the wings. Red stars appeared on Apr 25, 1919. First as the
well known red star in a white square, on wings, fuselage and
rudder. Later on camou-flage squares were deleted and stars got
thin outlines (2)(5)(6). AF units remained overt until Feb 1920,
when the victorious power