British civil air ensign

The first civil air ensign to be flown in London was hoisted by Mrs Victor Bruce, the noted British woman aviator.

[2] The 1931 Order was revoked by the Civil Air Ensign Order made on 18 March 1937 additionally permitting the use of the flag on buildings used by the Ministry of Civil Aviation or air transport undertakings, on vehicles used personally by the minister and by any person given special permission by the minister.

[3] The prototype flag had been made up in silk and was kept throughout World War II by the Civil Aviation Department in a series of locations in London.

[3] It was part of the livery, as the tail logo, of the Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) and its predecessors from 1944 to 1982.

In 1982 the last two HS 748s were repainted in a CAA corporate blue and white scheme and the civil air ensign was replaced by the Union Flag.

Civil air ensign used by Neville Chamberlain travelling to the Berlin Conference ; its proportions are that of the Nordic cross instead of St George's Cross .
The civil air ensign flying at Hunsdon Airfield
The tail of a de Havilland Tiger Moth showing the civil air ensign on the rudder.