For most of the Second World War, 208 Sqn aircraft carried no identity markings. However, from the Italian period onwards (1944) its Spitfires carried the code 'RG' (hence the Squadron callsign 'ROGAT'). The bi-graph was dropped with the arrival of the Meteor in 1949, and replaced by officially-approved markings of horizontal blue and yellow bands to signify 'the sky and the sand, 'reflecting the Squadron's desert reconnaissance role (the light blue also represents the Squadrons 'faded' historical link with the Royal Navy in its original formation as 'Naval 8'). Because of the shape of the aircraft's fuselage, the blue and yellow markings were modernised on the arrival of the Buccaneer in 1974 into a blue and yellow arrowhead painted on the nose.

To reflect as much of the Squadron history as possible, 208 Squadron's Hawks currently sport the Buccaneer arrowhead, the fuselage bands of the Meteor/ Hunter era and, of course, the original 'Flying Shufti'- the Eye of Horus.