Originally Posted by georgegassaway

I know this is late. There never was a UNITED STATES marking and flag on a Boost Protective Cover (BPC) as used for the last three Little Joe-II flights (A-002, A-003, and A-004). The capsules had them, under the BPC's.

A-001 was unique in that it had no BPC, so it did have the UNITED STATES and flag visible on the capsule for launch.

The Estes drawing unfortunately is a legacy from errors of the late 1960's to early 70's, including the wonderful original Centuri 1/45 Little Joe-II kit and its drawings/decals.

Check out these drawings at these links:

http://georgesrockets.com/GRP/Scale..._GIFs/BPC-1.gif

http://georgesrockets.com/GRP/Scale..._GIFs/BPC-2.gif

And all the other drawing son this page:
http://georgesrockets.com/GRP/Scale/DATA/LJoeData.htm