Polish Air Force checkerboard

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military aircraft insignia national insignia

The Polish Air Force checkerboard is the distinctive red-and-white national insignia used on Polish military aircraft.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Polish military emblems 1
Polish military flags 1
szachownica lotnicza 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military aircraft insignia ⓘ
national insignia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Polish Air Force checkerboard ⓘ
surface form: szachownica lotnicza
appliesTo combat aircraft ⓘ
helicopters ⓘ
training aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
basedOn personal emblem of Stefan Stec ⓘ
border narrow outline ⓘ
changedDesign 1993 ⓘ
color red ⓘ
white ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Polish air force tradition ⓘ
designChangeReason to place white fields in upper-left and lower-right positions ⓘ
graphicType geometric design ⓘ
hasQuadrants 4 ⓘ
introduced 1918 ⓘ
introducedBy Polish Air Force pilot Stefan Stec ⓘ
legalStatus official national military marking of Poland ⓘ
orientationRule white square must be in the lower-right corner ⓘ
white square must be in the upper-left corner ⓘ
pattern checkerboard ⓘ
previousDesignFeature red fields in upper-left and lower-right positions ⓘ
regulates Polish military aviation markings ⓘ
represents identity of Polish military aviation ⓘ
shape square ⓘ
standardizedBy Ministry of National Defence of Poland ⓘ
surface form: Polish Ministry of National Defence
symbolizes Polish national colors ⓘ
usedBy Polish Air Force ⓘ
Polish Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Polish Air Forces in exile

Polish military aviation ⓘ
Polish Air Force ⓘ
surface form: postwar Polish Air Force
usedDuring Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedOn Polish military aircraft ⓘ
aircraft fuselage ⓘ
aircraft tail ⓘ
aircraft wings ⓘ
usedSince early years of Polish independence after World War I ⓘ
visibilityPurpose aircraft identification ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Polish Air Force checkerboard → alsoKnownAs → Polish Air Force checkerboard ⓘ
this entity surface form: szachownica lotnicza
Polish Air Force → roundel → Polish Air Force checkerboard ⓘ
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna → usedOn → Polish Air Force checkerboard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish military emblems
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna → usedOn → Polish Air Force checkerboard ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polish military flags