P for Peter isn’t actually the aircraft name but the Squadron identification mark, hence the reason for the same quote reoccurring. The convention was to mark the aircraft alphabetical in large letters to avoid long walks around the airfield checking for the small aircraft serial number in search for the correct machine. The plan would also have been made easier by parking up in that order on the dispersals. Peter is ‘P’ in the old fashioned phonetic alphabet now replaced with Papa.
Some Squadrons with replacement aircraft also adopted a small number ‘2’ after the Identification letters to avoid confusion with previous aircraft that were no longer on the Squadron inventory.
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