Interesting! Its seems the striping, or similar, was quite commonly used during the Korean War.
North American F-86F-30-NA Sabres of the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group, Korea, 1953. Serial 52-4877 in front in
Wing Commander's colors, 52-4473 alongside.
F-86F Sabre ROC Air Force Hero:Captain Yi-Chiang Chin .He had two victory and the world first used AIM9B shut down enemy fighter in the air-war,Sep 24,1958.
I don't know where these colours stand for or come from. Several countries have red, yellow and blue in their flag but none in the Korean region.
I went along the path Pete is pointing at, but it doesn't contain any clues. I'm also not convinced the unit badge is a faded ying-yang symbol. The Korean Ying-Yang is red and blue and split horizontally and not yellow and blue and split under an angle.
Thanks so far, it could be a nice subject for Manfred Jahn's C-47,
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