 | RAF Bomber Code system...| Aircraft Requests Discuss RAF Bomber Code system... in the Aviation forums; wait, so, when bombers went on a milk run, they weren't actually collecting milk :shcok:
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07-27-2005, 09:10 AM
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#16 | | Master of Ewes
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Country:  | wait, so, when bombers went on a milk run, they weren't actually collecting milk :shcok:
i was wondering waht they'd do with 14,000lbs of milk 
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07-27-2005, 02:38 PM
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07-27-2005, 05:14 PM
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| hi plan_D,
i bet the depicted wellie is from (probably) 309 polish sqdn, since nos 310, 312 and 313 were Czechoslovak fighter squadrons and the only Cs bomber sqdn flying wellies was no. 311 sqdn and they had KX codes.
damn, i had all the used marking site url in my favorites but lost it during reinstall of windows... | |
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07-27-2005, 05:33 PM
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| so no, ain't a polish unit as well, no poles were marked like this... 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 24, 36, 37 38, 40, 57, 69, 70, 75, 93, 99, 101, 103, 104, 115, 142, 148, 149, 150, 156, 158, 162, 166, 172, 179, 192, 196, 199, 203, 214, 215, 218, 221, 232, 242, 244, 300, 301, 304, 305, 311, 405, 407, 415, 419, 420, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 458, 460, 466, 524, 544, 547, 612, 621...  all these sdns flew wellies
we can scratch out those from 300-311, these were czech and polish | |
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07-27-2005, 10:48 PM
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07-28-2005, 01:14 AM
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| 425 could point maybe to some RCAF, no? | |
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07-28-2005, 01:21 AM
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Country: | It was part of the 6 (RCAF) Group, yes. 425 (Alouette) squadron.
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07-28-2005, 08:26 AM
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Country: | yes i believe that 400-499 Sqns were all either RCAF or RAAF...........
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08-02-2005, 12:17 PM
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| probably yes, since all the 300-399 were the "hosted" sqdns (Czech, Polish, Norwegian, Danish, Belgian, French, etc.) | |
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08-02-2005, 01:32 PM
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Country: | indeed they were, and nice siggy........
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