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Yellow leading edges ?

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ebonheart_2

ebonheart_2

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Howdy, I am wondering why a lot of WW2 aircraft had yellow leading edges on their wings... most of our (American) aircraft had flat black leading edges on everything... which I think would be to reduce the glare.

Was the Yellow intended to make them stand out or something? :confused:
 
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