And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
‘Evelyn’, a No 23 Squadron Havoc 'fighter-bomber’, starts up at Ford at the beginning of another night sortie, 28 November 1941.
"P FOR PAPA" Would be the standard call sign in the WW2 RAF. That's a fairly short range night "intruder" A-20. They were replaced later by the DH-4 Mosqito (spell?) night intruders---Ray
In the RAF during WWII, there were three letters on each side of the fuselage. The first two were the squadron code and the third was the aircraft designator. On the left side the squadron code (YP for 23rd squadron) is in front of the roundel. Since there is no room for the P behind the roundel it was painted on the front. In the RAF phonetic language it was P for Poisin.
The letters were used to sort out formations, the Luftwaffe used various markings such as yellow noses or mascots while the USAAF used brightly coloured tails for the same purpose.
You may not have noticed but there's a giant K on the tails of some of the B-52G models that sat at Davis Monthan AFB after the big draw after the first Great Oil War. The K was for Kimbolton. The bombers belonged to a squadron that had been based out of there in WWII. The 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, Mi.
"P FOR PAPA" Would be the standard call sign in the WW2 RAF. That's a fairly short range night "intruder" A-20. They were replaced later by the DH-4 Mosqito (spell?) night intruders---Ray
ReplyDeleteIn the RAF during WWII, there were three letters on each side of the fuselage. The first two were the squadron code and the third was the aircraft designator. On the left side the squadron code (YP for 23rd squadron) is in front of the roundel. Since there is no room for the P behind the roundel it was painted on the front. In the RAF phonetic language it was P for Poisin.
ReplyDeleteThe letters were used to sort out formations, the Luftwaffe used various markings such as yellow noses or mascots while the USAAF used brightly coloured tails for the same purpose.
Al_in_Ottawa
You may not have noticed but there's a giant K on the tails of some of the B-52G models that sat at Davis Monthan AFB after the big draw after the first Great Oil War. The K was for Kimbolton. The bombers belonged to a squadron that had been based out of there in WWII. The 524th Bomb Squadron, 379th Bomb Wing, Wurtsmith AFB, Mi.
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