Roudels
Dutch Identification Marks (roundel or rosette)
Orange sphere
1914-1921
This roundel was used by all air force parts, LVA, MLD and LA-KNIL
Red white blue with orange small sphere
1921 to 1939
This roundel was also on all Dutch aircraft.
LA-KNIL was called ML-KNIL since 1921
1921 to 1939
This roundel was also on all Dutch aircraft.
LA-KNIL was called ML-KNIL since 1921
Orange triangle with black border
1939-1940 in the Netherlands
1939-1942 in the Dutch East Indies
1939-1945 in the Dutch West Indies
Between 1940 and 1945, certain RAF and Royal Navy aircraft flew with a small orange triangle under the cockpit window.
The red, white, blue, orange roundel was replaced in 1939 because it looked too much like the roundel of the RAF and the Netherlands did not want to risk a conflict with the Luftwaffe or the Japanese air force.
At the end of the war in the Pacific, the mark temporarily became a red, white and blue flag from 1945 onwards. The planes were gradually refitted with the red-white-blue-orange roundel.
1942-1948
1942-1948
Red white blue with orange small sphere.
1945 – present in the Netherlands and West Indies
1946-1949 in the Dutch East Indies
1945 – present in the Netherlands and West Indies
1946-1949 in the Dutch East Indies
