Unidentified RAF Section Reference numbers

53FM Domestic fire tender equipment
53HH Mobile servicing trailer equipment

53Q Coles crane, Mark 7, series 2, 5 ton mounted on Thornycroft WF/AC6/1 short chassis
Mark 7, series 5, 3 1/2 ton crane, mounted on Leyland Retriever WLW/IC chassis and Crossley 6 wheeled, 30/70 chassis
Mark 7, series 7, 5 ton crane, mounted on AEC 6 x 6, type 0854 chassis and Thorneycroft WF/AC6/2 short chassis

Mechanical transport spares:

61AR Ariel motor cycle (solo)
61CR Crossley 30/100 hp (FEI) fire tender, 6 wheeled
Crossley 30/70 hp (IGL3) heavy tender
Crossley FWD, type 2
Crossley FWD, type 3
Crossley tractor, type 1
Crossley tractor, type 3

61DE Dennis sullage tender, 5 ton
61DY R type trailer, Mark 2, 4 wheeled
61FT Stacatruc fork lift truck (Industrial Truck Development Ltd)
61MS Morris 14 hp ambulance
61NN Norton motorcycles, 490 cc

68A Auxiliary power plants airborne, Sunderland

53FE MT coachwork spares:
Bodies, general service all models
Bodies, oxygen plant
Bodies, office
Bodies, mobile decompression chamber
Bodies, cooker
Bodies, parachute container trailer
Bodies, parachute drying trailer
Bodies, parachute packing and storage trailer
Bodies, signal, types 100 to 457A inc.
Bodies, air, mobile torpedo compressor
Platform, floodlight
Caravan Astra dome body

Anything starting with 100 will be US supplied equipment so if 14A is Aircraft Camera Equipment, 114A will be US Aircraft Camera Equipment. So a K-17 Camera used buy the RAF would have a reference number starting with 114A. Anything starting with 200 will be German supplied equipment.

Excellent stuff, we need to make sure these get added to the Master list elsewhere on the forum.

44A Balloons, pressure type, Marks 7 and 10 and ancillary and armament equipment
44C Balloons, Ballonet, type, Mark 11
45A Balloons, hydrogen equipment
49 Balloons, equipment (blowers and spares)
51 Kites and ancillary equipment
52 Recognition models
53A Trailer, water carrying, 300 gallon (ECD water purification plant)
53CC Water, 150 gallon, ECD purification plant
53D Ambulance bodies ‘heavy’
53FC Water, 200 gallon, Thompson Bros. as fitted to Bedford 15-cwt, type MWC

42AQ JAP 6 engine
42BQ JAP model 55 engine
42DQ JAP model 4/2 engine
42HH Petters PU.8 and PU.6/8 engines
42HQ Petters A, AS, AHM and 2A engines
42KK Ford 10 hp engine fitted to 4 KW reflector floodlight and 3 KW landmark beacon
42M 5 KW dioptric floodlight, Coventry Climax engine
42QB Enfield diesel engine, fitted to 5-6 KVA, 230 volt SP generating set, Mark 3
42QE Atlantic 6 BE, 45 hp engine
42QF Ruston Hornsby 60 hp engine
42QM Morris 8 hp engines spares
42QP Scammell, 3 hp engine
42QX Enfield 270 CC and 350 CC engine fitted to test sets
42R 6-3 KVA, 230 volt, SP generating set Coventry Climax E and ZE engines
42RR 1.224 KW Maudsley generating set Coventry Cub diesel LM engine (marine craft)
42Y 500 WAC portable test set mounted on trolley, Norman SM engine, JAP 4B engine, 1.2 KVA petrol electric AO test set mounted on trolley, 1,200 VA, 350 watt generating set Douglas, Mark 3, FT 350 engine etc
42Z AA 90 CM searchlight, Marks 6* and 6** etc
42ZG Gardner 18/24 KW 100 volt DC generating set with Gardner type LW engine, mounted on Bristol or Winget trailers
42ZN Nunn 18/24 KW DC generating set with Ford V.8 engine, mounted on Nunn trailer

26CH are Chinook spares I believe.

Autopilot(s) – Section 6T

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6T was also used for some items of Autopilots Mk10 and 14 it seems, see above.

41E 37 1/2 ft. firefloat, engine Perkins S.6M, Meadows 100 hp
41EE Airborne lifeboats, Mark 2 and 2A, engine Austin
41F 18 ft. inboard dinghies, engine Meadows 8/28 hp
41HH 40-ft. ferry boat, engines Ford Parsons V.8 and Ford Thornycroft V.8
41KK Miscellaneous hull spares for mooring vessels, RAF auxiliaries and ships lifeboats
41P 38-ft. firefloat, engine Perkins S.6M
41Q 40-ft. seaplane treaders and firefloat, engine Perkins S.6M
41X 33-ft. bombscows, engine Meadows 8/28 hp
41Z 68-ft. launches, target (remote control) and target towing , engine Napier 500 hp

6T Aircraft automatic pilots, Mark 9, major components servicing and tools
26AP Airframe spares, Magister 1
26Ek Airframe spares, Hamilcar 1
26FB Airborne ancillary equipment
27R Oleo leg equipment. British landing gears ltd
27S Standard ball and roller bearings (other than MT)
39D Hangars – blister
40F Aircraft packing cases
40P Containers for petrol, oil and lubricants

7J = Vickers Gas Operated Machine Gun
8D = Special Tools, Armament Equipment (inc Sights)
15B = Air Sea Rescue Apparatus
18HH = Ford-Parsons V8 (conversions, Mks 2 and 7), 65 H.P.
18LL = Ford-Thorneycroft V8 (conversions, Mks 3 and 6), 65 H.P.
18MM = Ford-Vosper V8 (conversions, Mk 4C), 72 H.P.
18NN = Crossley B.W.M. (C.4), 60 H.P.
18PP = Austin (airborne lifeboat) engine