The colors of the day (les couleurs du jour in French) – 1952
The colors of the day
Rainier recollects that in the past, upon the departure of the squadron, the crews were provided with rockets every morning, which they fired into the sky when an unknown aircraft appeared on the horizon. That was what the R.A.F. called “The Colors of the Day”: they always allowed us to distinguish, around us, the friend from the enemy…”