Wildcat color profiles, Top is F4F-3 of USS Wasp (CV-7) with Neutrality camouflage circa December 1940. Overall glossy light grey, yellow wing upper-surface for Neutrality patrol, black tailfin for USS Wasp air group, red cowling and stripes on both wing surfaces for 1st air section, 7-F-3 is 3rd aircraft of VF-7 squadron. USS Wasp (CV-7) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_%28CV-7%29

Middle, F4F-4 (folded wing version, 6@50-caliber guns) from escort carrier USS Santee, 29-GF-10 referred to 10th plane in VGF-29 squadron. Yellow outline around US insignia for Nov. 1942 Operation Torch invasion. Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighters (Part III) - www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/f-types/f4f-l.htm

Bottom : Early-1942 F4F-4 of USS Ranger , enlarged US insignia and striped tailfin added to avoid friend-fire incidents in Pacific theater. Red dot and striped tailfin ordered removed by order of 15 May 1942 avoid enemy detection while on ground, while red dot was being mistaken to be Japan's Hinomaru insignia. Grumman F4F Wildcat Aces - www.acepilots.com/planes/f4f_wildcat.html

Rollover : US Army assigned 12th Air Force to North African theater once invasion was completed (US 9th Air Force assigned Middle East theater), which continued usage of yellow outlined US insignia, though smaller in diameter. Top is B-25C "PoonTang" of 488th Bomber Squadron 340th Bomb Group in Tunisia, April 1943. Bottom is late-1943 P-40L Warhawk "Lighthouse Louie" from 325th Fighter Group (group marking was black-yellow checkerboard tailfin). Modern successor to this formation is US Air Force's 12th Air Force assigned to Southern Command (Central America, South America, Caribbean regions). 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern Command - www.12af.acc.af.mil

Inset 1 : Linguistic note, word POONTANG is American slang for Filipino (Ilokano dialect) word Putang (whore, fuck), which refers to female genitalia or sexual intercourse. This was common WW2 American practice to use localized foreign words to circumvent military censors, such as example Poontang artwork on American B-24J heavy bomber of US Army 7th Air Force - 30th Bomber Group - 38th Bomber Squadron. B24 Best Web Poontang - www.b24bestweb.com/poontang.htm

US Servicemen probably adopted this word since the Philippines was American colonial possession for about 50 years. Other asserted origins are : 1) Derivative of fermented juice drink from Poonberry tree, 2) French word Putain for prostitute, 3) Latin word Putidus for foul or stinking. Urban Dictionary Poontang - www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=poontang

Inset 2 : To be fair, the British are just as imaginative as Americans circumventing their military censors. July 1944 Villers-Borcage battle in Normandy-France, German Panzertruppe walked pass knocked-out British Cromwell tank with large inscription SHUFTI CUSH, which is anglicized Arabic for "Let me see your Pussy". British servicemen probably adopted this word from UK colonial enclaves in Middle East. Urban Dictionary Shufti Cush - www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shufti+cush