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Pilots of 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron lend a hand pushing an early Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXb at RAF Biggin Hill in late 1942. Note the 611 unit identifier 'FY' and the individual aircraft identifier letter 'V'.
During the Second World War, when units from other air forces were attached to the RAF – such as the Article XV squadrons (also known as "400 series squadrons") – their squadron codes were often changed, to avoid confusion with RAF units.
A squadron code is a marking used on a military aircraft to visually identify the squadron that it is assigned to.. Squadron codes of the World War II era, notably for Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft operating in Europe, typically consisted of two characters (commonly two letters; sometimes a letter and a number) to denote the squadron, plus a third ...
Squadron Squadron Code Radio call sign Aircraft Type Number of Casualties No. 1 Squadron RAF: JX: ACORN: Hurricane: 7 No. 3 Squadron RAF: QO: Hurricane: 1 No. 17 Squadron RAF
Sortie – a flight by one aircraft, thus a mission by one squadron might be termed as 11 sorties. Tally-ho – radio-telephony code word for 'enemy in sight'. Vector - fighter controllers' code word giving a heading to steer. Window – an early term for chaff, aluminium foil dropped to confuse enemy radar. [1]
There have been many units with various tasks in the Royal Air Force (RAF), and they are listed here. A unit is an administrative term for a body, which can be larger or smaller than a flight or squadron, is given a specific mission, but does not warrant the status of being formed as a formal flight or squadron.
No. 695 Squadron RAF This page was last edited on 4 January 2025, at 13:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of the Polish 303 Kościuszko Squadron showing the RAF squadron code "RF" of 303 Squadron and the individual aircraft letter "D" which would be spoken, D-Dog Instruction page from WW I U.S. Army trench code, Seneca edition, with spelling alphabet for telephone and radio use