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Re: Armee de L'Air Nomenclature
The identifying numbers are those of the original WW1 units, and do not serve any purpose in the WW2 (and current) nomenclature except for noting the carriage of the tradition of those units.
I believe something similar was present in the USN, where units could be renumbered according to the carrier allocation but would carry forward their traditional emblems (e.g. Tophatters). There, the number was lost but the tradition carried on. The French simply keep the number as part of the tradition, but it served no administrative purpose.
Yes, units could be transferred, and would adopt their new number. As in the German system.
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