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Originally posted by MikeyChalupa
There are historical precedents. Prior to the Normandy invasion in WWII, Allied aircraft of all nations participating in the invasion had black and white stripes painted on the wings and fuselage to easily distinguish them from German aircraft.
 
-Mikey
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Those black and white stripes were also used as a form of camoflage. If you're flying in and out of clouds, the stripes tend to make the plane look "broken up" and that made them hard to identify by enemy ground forces and aircraft.