By: oldgit158 - 1st July 2012 at 23:26
various markings and stamps
Hi All
Hopefully the below will be on interest to you.
SPITFIRE/SEAFIRE CONSTRUCTION PREFIXES
AD Aston Down
AL/ALd Aldermaston (generally mod plates only)
AS/ASt Air Service Training Ltd
AW Armstrong Whitworth
BD Boscombe Down (generally mod plates only)
BP Boulton and Paul
CBAF Castle Bromwich Airplane Factory
CH Chattis Hill
CO/COA Cunliffe Owen
DH De-Haviland
FL/FLW Filton
FW Farnborough
GA/GAL General Aircraft Ltd
HA/HAL Heston Aircraft Ltd
HE Henley
HEA Supermarine dispersal site
HP High Post
KE Keevil
MA/MAL Miles Aircraft Ltd
MMO Morris Motors Oxford
RS Reid & Sigrist
SH Short & Harland
Sh CBAF dispersal sites, Shrewsbury
SM/SMAF South Marston
ST Stockbridge
WA/WASP Westland Aircraft Ltd
WB Ltd Wilmot Breedon ,Birmingham
WD Worthy Down
6S Supermarine (also used for c/n for Aldermaston, Keevil)
8 CBAF dispersal site – Reid & Sigrist
17 CBAF dispersal site – Alfred Davies, Leicester
By: TonyT - 30th June 2012 at 11:59
Sorry for the delay, various Spitfire ones for you.
Hope they are ok
By: TonyT - 9th June 2012 at 10:51
Yup, will help with people that have bits but not sure what the markings mean or are.
By: Rocketeer - 9th June 2012 at 10:49
Great idea! Can we all put some up?
If so, the attachment shows a stamp from a top hat from my Seafire cockpit (chunk of LA546) – South Marston Aircraft Factory
By: MrBlueSky - 9th June 2012 at 10:29
Hi Tony…
Yes please, I’d like a set with anything that might have been used on a Whirly… 😉
Stu…
By: TonyT - 8th June 2012 at 20:34
Will try to get done next week then 🙂
By: VACB - 8th June 2012 at 20:21
Yes please. That would be incredibly useful. Thank you.
By: Merlin3945 - 8th June 2012 at 20:07
I am always interested in all this stuff. One day this data might not be available.
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