Post by Isaac Chavira on Mar 18, 2017 20:39:10 GMT
Carrier Division Markings:
1st Carrier Division
Akagi One Red Stripe. |
kaga Two Red Stripes. ||
2nd Carrier Division
Soryu. One Blue Stripe. |
Hiryu. Two Blue Stripes. ||
3rd Carrier Division (Shoho and Zuiho in some books)
Zuiho (to be included)
Shoho. Two Yellow Stripes. ||
4th Carrier Division (Ryujo and Taiyo in some books)
Ryujo. One Yellow Stripe. |
Taiyo. No Stripes
5th Carrier Division
Shokaku. One White Stripe. |
Zuikaku. Two White Stripes. ||
Rank Markings:
In addition, the command position/rank was indicated in the tail Markings with horizontal lines as follows: one Stripe indicated Flight Leader (section commander), two Stripes indicated Squadron Leader and three Stripes shows a Group Leader.
The Section Commander was also known in Japanese as Shotai and included 3-4 aircraft. The Squadron Commander is also known as Daitai in Japanese and includes 15-27 aircrafts. The Group Leader or Commander also known as Hikotai consisted of 40-50 Aircraft for IJA air force. In case of IJN, it consisted of every aircraft onboard carrier, a high hierarchical level.
Finally, we also had a four stripes mark which were used for large scale aircraft units such as campaign commander. This is also referred as Kokutai in Japanese.
Source: remorika.com/mitsubishi-zero-a6m-carrier-fuselage-stripes-and-tail-markings/