Wabb, tell that to the Greenhearts wing, JG54. Or to Eric Hartman, who had a heart with his wife's name, "Usch" under his canopy. Etc, etc. Nothing wrong with hearts.
Card suites is better than chesspieces, methinks. I'm sure lots of pilots played a lot of hands of cards between missions (certainly more than played chess, I'm sure).
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