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Old 21st January 2010, 04:46
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Re: Aircraft coding

Nick;

I have seen this type of error before in ORBs. Some ORBs only reported codes, not serials. I suspect in some units the author of the ORB received only codes, and may have kept an informal list to add matching serial numbers. If they weren't informed of the loss of one aircraft and substitution of another serial with the same code, they might keep using the old serial.

Some ORBs have an end of month list of serials versus codes. This can help you narrow down when a code was re-assigned to a new serial number, and might help you figure out the correct serial for NA-H on 27/28 August.
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