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In the months after Pearl Harbor it was thought that the central red dot could be mistaken for a Japanese Hinomaru, from a distance and in May 1942 it was eliminated. Changing to the Blue design for the rest of the war. So, why was allowed to paint FAM triangles on the wings of the Thunderbolts? Because of the Black Invasion Bands, with that big bands there is no room for error on the identification. Besides there were Allied air superiority at the vanishing months of WWII.
The Mexican pilots created an acronym for the P-47 Thunderbolt, it was a derivative from the Spanish words: Pe-cuarenta y siete: Pecua
Another misinformation is the use of the Pancho Pistolas logo at the sides of the fuselaje of the Pecuas; categoricaly we can say that in wartime none of the Pecuas carry that decoration. I personaly talk with two veterans of the 201st Squad back in the 1970s and both confirmed this. No photografic evidence confirm this issue as well. The only picture showing Pancho Pistolas is one showing it painted over the wreckage wing of a japanese plane. The 201st Squad named themselves as the Mexican Eagles.
Another anecdote is that of the Aquarium flying Pecuas, it was due to the nicknames of the pilots: the duck, the fish, the frog, the hypocampus, the salmon and the turtle.
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