Originally Posted by
pax britanica
Didn't the red wings come about as a hi-viz measure after a tragic mid air somewhere in Turkey or Yugoslavia, have a vague memory it was something to with that.
A BEA Viscount had a mid-air collision with an Italian AF F-86 in 1958, a year or so before the "Red square" scheme was adopted.
I'm not aware of any link between the two events.