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I found some images which most likely feature the flag of Panagra (Pan American-Grace Airways). "Panagra was an airline formed as a joint venture between Pan American World Airways and Grace Shipping Company. "It was founded in 1929 to compete with SCADTA, a German-owned company (from its establishment in 1919 until 1940 when it was nationalizes and established as AVIANCA), and held a quasi-monopoly over air travel in parts of Colombia and South America during the 1940s and 1950s."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagra
Esteban Rivera, 15 February 2014

Closeup
[Flag of Panagra]
image by Esteban Rivera, 15 February 2014
    Original Picture
[Flag of Panagra]
image by Esteban Rivera, 15 February 2014

These pictures are extracted from a PDF book called "SCADTA por SCADTA" (SCADTA by SCADTA), by Carlos Valenzuela Acosta and Manuel Arango Echeverri, (March, 2013). It has not been published as a book (yet), but it is in CD format.

The closeup of the control tower in the Baranquilla air dock: from left to right is what seems to be the Panagra flag on the left, a white horizontal flag with a top stripe, white in the middle with the logo (www.digitaldeliftp.com/Images/pings/1945-PAA-logo-ad.png, without the "PAA", just the wing), and a bottom stripe), the SCADTA flag in the middle, and on the right is possibly the flag of Barranquilla.

I have come to the conclussion that the flag in this image is the Panagra flag, since it was established in the late 1920's and it was a direct competitor of SCADTA operating in Colombia as well.

Esteban Rivera, 15 February 2014