Kingdom of Greece: Royal Hellenic Air Force

Last modified: 2004-12-18 by ivan sache
Keywords: air force | cross (white) | crown (yellow) | roundel | saltire (blue) | cross (blue) |
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• Overview
• Air Force ensign
  • Erroneous report
• Air Force pennant
• Civil air ensign
• Commander of the Civil Air Force

See also:

• Greece
• Greece: Historical overview
• Greece: Evolution of the national flag. II - 1828-1970
• Greece: Air ensigns and markings

Overview

The adoption date of the flags used by the Royal Hellenic Air Force is unknown. Their use was most probably suppressed during the First Republic (1924-1935). They were abolished in 1970.

Ivan Sache, 26 November 2004

Air Force ensign

by Tom Gregg

The Air Force ensign was blue with a white cross, a yellow crown inside a white ring in canton and a blue-white-blue roundel in the middle.

Tom Gregg, 11 February 1997

Erroneous report

by Miles Li & Tom Gregg

The Air Force ensign as shown in Flaggenbuch [neu92] did not have the white ring around the crown, which was one of the few possible errors of Flaggenbuch.

Miles Li, 5 February 2004

Air Force pennant

by Miles Li

The Air Force pennant was blue with a white Greek cross near the hoist and three thin vertical white stripes.

Ivan Sache, 27 November 2004

Civil Air ensign

by Miles Li & Tom Gregg

The Air Force ensign, without the crown in the first quarter, was the Civil Air ensign as well.

Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

Tom Gregg, 11 February 1997

Commander of the Civil Air Force

by Ivan Sache

The flag of the Commander of the Civil Air Force was a square white flag with a blue saltire and a white blue roundel in the middle. The number II, in black, was placed in the first quarter.

Source: Flaggenbuch [neu92]

Ivan Sache, 27 November 2004