British military aircraft designations are used to refer to types and variants operated by the. Since the end of the, types in military service have generally been known by a name (e.g. 'Spitfire'), with individual variants recognised by mark numbers, in contrast to the systems such as that used in the, where an aircraft type is primarily identified by an alphanumeric designation. The British military aircraft designations (e.g. 'Spitfire Mark V' or 'Hercules C3') should not be confused with the used to identify individual aircraft (e.g.

Aircraft 1939-1941, flown in or flown by112 Sqdn, personnel. I encourage anyone that has more information (Flight Log Book entries) or photos on 112 Squadron please. Most units of the Royal Air Force are identified by a two character alphabetical or alpha- numeric combination squadron code. Usually, that code is painted on the aircraft belonging to that unit. The squadron code is usually presented along with an individual letter or character to form a call sign for the particular aircraft. Mar 11, 2005. The 114 aircraft of the Imperial Gift of 1919 all arrived in Canada with RFC / RAF style serial numbers, and did not receive Canadian Air Board. Two well photographed examples of this are Mitchell 'HO 891' (actually RCAF serial 891), and Lancaster 'MN 122' (actually RAF style serial number FM122). The bomber belonged to the Royal Air Force Bomber Command and was an Avro Lancaster Mk.1. Its serial number was LL947. It was labeled BH-W, where 'BH' was the code for the 300th Squadron and 'W' (William) was the identity for this particular aircraft. The crew of LL947: The pilot and 'Skipper': Flying Officer David.

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', 'Jaguar B', ', ', ', '). No designation system was introduced during World War I that covered more than the products of a single manufacturer. The frequently referred to designs by the serial of the first aircraft of that type to be accepted for service.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • The military designation system [ ] In this system, which has been used since the end of World War I, each aircraft designation consists of a name, (sometimes) a role prefix and a mark number. A unified official naming system was introduced in February 1918 by the Ministry of Munitions, the scheme would use classes of names related to the to the role.

Fighter aircraft were to be animals, plants or minerals, bomber aircraft were to have geographical names and 'heavy armoured machines' would be personal names from Mythology. The classes were further divided by size of aircraft and land or sea-based, for example a three-seater sea-based fighter would be named after shellfish. Italian towns were to be used for single-seat land-based bombers. Following the formation of the Royal Air Force in April 1918 the Ministry of Munitions introduced a new system as Technical Department Instruction 538. They mainly followed the February 1918 scheme but certain names already used for engines were excluded, for example birds of prey were used by Rolls-Royce.

The names related to zoology, geography and mythology were withdrawn in 1927 and the Air Ministry introduced names with the initial letters relating to role, for example 'C' for troop carriers as used by the Handley Page Clive. A further change was made in 1932 and 1939 to use more appropriate names. Fighters were to use General words indicating speed, activity or aggressiveness and trainer would be words indicationg tuition and places of education. Bombers were to be named after inland towns in the, for example the Avro Lancaster and Fairey Battle. With the introduction of Helicopters these were to be named after trees but only the Bristol Sycamore was named in this scheme. Names [ ] The name ('type name') of an aircraft type would be agreed between the or and the manufacturer/importer when the order was placed.

Names generally followed one or a number of patterns: • was particularly common; e.g. Aircraft from were given names starting with V,, names starting with H, etc. This began during the First World War, when aircraft manufacturers were given an initial pairing of letters to use in the naming of their aircraft: e.g. Were given 'Bo'. From this and the requirement to use the names of birds or insect for fighter aircraft, their first in-house fighter design was the.

For bombers the additional requirement was a placename, hence the; and its contemporaries - the and (, and all being in France). • received the names of cities and towns -,,. Fsb 1600 Ddr2 800 Dual Channel Drivers there. Likewise also received the names of cities and towns - New Model Army No Rest For The Wicked Raritan. ,,,. • were given the names of coastal or port communities -,,. • Land-based were named for naval explorers - (), (), (), (). • Aircraft for and were given names associated with mythological or legendary leaders; e.g.,,,.