Just wondering if someone can shed some light on this for me.
When did RAF Training units start using the three letter “F” codes on the sides of aircraft such as FER, FIR, FJU, etc? And what was the motivation away from the simple numbers system?
By: Arabella-Cox - 5th October 2011 at 08:10
Thanks Dave!
Answered that question perfectly.
By: DaveF68 - 4th October 2011 at 22:48
1946.
It was a typical military organisational step – wartime codes had been ‘random’ to confuse the enemy, but post war codes had a logic to them – Reserve Command operated the same basic system.
So the First digit represented the command – F for Flying Training,
The next two represented the unit in that command, and the fourth was the individual aircraft. Many of the Units had more aircraft than available letters, so were issued with several combinations.
‘Combat Codes’ by Thomas & Flintham has a complete list
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October 4, 2011 at 7:26 pm