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British military aircraft designations are used to refer to aircraft types and variants operated by the armed forces of the United Kingdom. Since the end of the First World War, aircraft types in British military service have generally been known by a service name (e.g. 'Spitfire'), with individual variants recognised by mark numbers, often in ...
A Bristol F.2 with British markings standardised during the First World War. Military aircraft insignia are insignia applied to military aircraft to visually identify the nation or branch of military service to which the aircraft belong.
This is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom.
of British military designation applied from 1945. The contents are developed from an appendix to my book . umerals to XIX and Arabic numerals from 20 upwards. From 1942 de. ignatory prefix letters were used to indicate role. Then from 1947 Arabic figures became standard for all designations, although they had been i.
The names of aircraft would be suggested by the Air Ministry or Admiralty and agreed with the manufacturer when placing an order. Names generally followed one or a number of patterns; Alliteration was particularly common; e.g. aircraft from Vickers-Armstrongs were given names starting with V, Hawker Aircraft, names starting with H, etc. This ...
The British military aircraft designations (e.g. "Spitfire Mark V" or "Hercules C3") should not be confused with the serial number used to identify individual aircraft (e.g. "XR220"), nor with U.S. aircraft designations (e.g. "C-5", "C-17", "MQ-9") or manufacturer's designations (e.g. "Sikorsky S-58", "Jaguar B", "WS-61", "AW139", "WAH-64 ...
The history of approaches to naming British military aircraft types is examined in particular detail, revealing efforts to name aircraft with more than just alphanumeric designations, while also exploring former umbrella nomenclature systems involving many manufacturers.
