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A letter denoting the group was painted on the upper third of the tail fin, with a square symbol in the center, and an aircraft identifier, known as the "victor number," in the lower third. Aircraft commonly used their tail identifiers as radio voice calls , i.e. Lucky Irish (serial 42-24622) of the 870th Bomb Squadron, 497th Bomb Group (lost ...
The registration often denotes the aircraft type and maker. Some examples: HB-Axx two-engined aircraft from 5.7 to 15 tons, Aircraft over 15 tons due to shortage of Jxx. HB-Bxx balloons; HB-Cxx single-engined Cessnas under 5.7 tons; HB-Dxx and HB-Kxx other single-engined aircraft under 5.7 tons; HB-Fxx Swiss-produced aircraft like PC-6 and PC-12
This list is only of aircraft that have an article, indexed by aircraft registration "tail number" (civil registration or military serial number). The list includes aircraft that are notable either as an individual aircraft or have been involved in a notable accident or incident or are linked to a person notable enough to have a stand-alone Wikipedia article.
The U. S. Navy's aircraft visual identification system uses tail codes and modex to visually identify the aircraft's purpose and organization. Carrier air wing (CVW) tail codes denote which fleet the air wing belongs; A for Atlantic Fleet and N for Pacific Fleet. All squadrons display their CVW's tail code as follows, regardless of aircraft type:
Carrier Air Wing 15 tail code "NL" is prominently displayed on this A-7E Corsair II. Tail codes on the U.S. Navy aircraft are the markings that help to identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. These codes comprise one or two letters or digits painted on both sides of the vertical stabilizer, on the top right and on the bottom left ...
Bort numbers are assigned by the local airbase commander, with a few common rules: IL-38N "19 yellow" displays a rare yellow bort number All aircraft at a given base have to have the same bort number color. [3] The bort number must be in the range of 01 - 99, but numbers may be repeated if there are more than 100 aircraft at a given base. [3]
Aircraft Manufacturer Type Role Entered Service Number in Service Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina [3]: Consolidated Aircraft: Amphibious flying boat: Various 1941 114
United Kingdom military aircraft registration number, the alpha-numeric registration used to identify individual military aircraft Royal Canadian Air Force , roundels used from 1920–1945 Hungarian Air Force , a set of aligned triangles which points toward the front of the aircraft