Editing Speedbird (section)

===BOAC===
[[File:British Overseas Airways Corporation (logo).svg|thumb|left|160px|Speedbird in the [[BOAC]] logo ca. 1965]]
[[File:British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation_and_Qantas,_1940-1945._CH14063.jpg|thumb|right|On the nose of a BOAC [[Armstrong Whitworth Ensign]] refuelling in [[Accra]] during WW2.]]
[[File:BOAC LYF 307D.JPG|thumb|The Speedbird on a BOAC liveried [[Leyland Atlantean]].]]
With the creation of BOAC in 1939 the logo was retained, continuing to appear on the noses of aircraft throughout [[World War II]] despite the military-style [[camouflage]] that had replaced the airline [[livery]].

From 1950 BOAC gave the Speedbird greater prominence on the aircraft using it on the [[vertical stabilizer|tail fin]], either in [[navy blue]] on a white background or vice versa, and also using it widely elsewhere, such as on airport buses.

With the advent of [[air traffic control]] and the adoption of [[call sign]]s to identify aircraft and their operators, BOAC chose the name of their now well-known logo, "Speedbird", as their call sign when in flight.

In the mid-1960s the design of the Speedbird was slightly altered, with a slimmer "body" and larger "wing", and on the tailfin coloured [[gold (color)|gold]] on a navy blue background. Elsewhere the colours used for it were mostly a combination of [[cyan]] and white.