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Originally Posted by mrbeast
I was reading something about this the other day in the Osprey 'New Vanguard' book on US subs. It showed a picture of USS Harder's battle flag as made by the crew. It was adorned with Japanese flags denoting kills similar to the pictures above (IJN flags for warships ordinary flags for merchants).
For damaged ships it displayed a flag with a line running down the middle kinda like a crack through the flag.
There were various other bits and bobs, a star for each war patrol and a USN aircraft star with a number in it representing how many downed air crew Harder had rescued (was only one at that point).
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mrbeast,
Here are some good examples from the USS Ray, and USS Bowfin. I know it was rare, but there has to be an emblem for shotdown aircraft.
USS RAY
USS Ray
Explaination of markings on the USS Ray Battle Flag
by ST1(SS) John Jones
Green Guy, parachute - USA - number of Army Air Corps pilots rescued (10)
Blue Guy, parachute - USN - number of Naval Aviators rescued (13)
DB insignia with stars - number of battle stars for war patrols (8)
Meatball flag w/ stripes - # of Capital Ships sunk
Meatball flag w/ stripes, white meatball - # of Capital Ships damaged
Square flag w/ meatball - # of support vessels sunk
Square flag w/ white meatball - # of support vessels damaged