[Zoran Petek]

Hello,
Bands denoted carriers. Individual aircraft identified at first by (latest) fuselage number and later by letter (base)-number (role)-letter (individual aircraft), shortened during wartime to number (role) - letter combination.
Evolution of prewar to war markings can be traced as follows.

401 Flight
Flycatcher 2; blue band, HMS Courageous 31
Flycatcher 3; green band, HMS Argus
Flycatcher 532; red band, HMS Furious 32
Nimrod 516; red band, HMS Furious 32
402 Flight
Flycatcher 1; black band, HMS Eagle mid-20s
Flycatcher 509; blue band, HMS Courageous 32
Nimrod 504; blue band, HMS Courageous 33, unit expanded to 800 Sqn*.

800 Sqn
Nimrod 502, 504; blue band, HMS Courageous 34
Osprey 210; blue band, HMS Courageous 35
Nimrod 102, 103, 108; blue band, HMS Courageous 37
801 Sqn
Nimrod 521; red band, HMS Furious 35
Nimrod 136; red band, HMS Furious 36
Osprey 134; red band, HMS Furious 38
802 Sqn
Osprey 54; yellow band, HMS Glorious 35
Nimrod 57; yellow band, HMS Glorious 35
Nimrod 561; yellow band, HMS Glorious 37
Sea Gladiator 66A; yellow band, HMS Glorious 38
803 Sqn
Osprey 203; black band, HMS Eagle 35
Skua A7G; blue-red-blue band, HMS Ark Royal 39
810 Sqn
Swordfish 523, 526, 537; blue band, HMS Courageous 37
Swordfish 5A, 5C, 5G; HMS Ark Royal 39
Swordfish 2C, 2F; HMS Furious, Jamaica 41, Tanganyika 42
812 Sqn
Swordfish 609; red band, HMS Furious 36
820 Sqn
Swordfish 647, 648, 652; blue band, HMS Courageous 37
Swordfish 650; blue-red-blue band, HMS Ark Royal late 30s
Swordfish A4G;; blue-red-blue band, HMS Ark Royal 39. Code in wartime shortened, as on
Swordfish 4A, 4G; ex Ark Royal, shore based at Dekheila, Egypt 40
821 Sqn
Swordfish 647, 648, 652; blue band, HMS Courageous 37
Swordfish 685; blue band, HMS Courageous 38
Swordfish 685; dark band, HMS Ark Royal, late 30s
Swordfish 5L, HMS Ark Royal 40 ca.
822 Sqn
Swordfish 5A, HMS Furious 41.
823 Sqn
Swordfish 801/K5968, 804/K5972, 888/K5942, 889 (seaplane); yellow band, HMS Glorious 36-38
824 Sqn
Swordfish 946/K8390 (seaplane); black band, HMS Eagle, China 37-40

* And some of the other other flights were:
403 Flt, Flycatcher 8; white band, HMS Hermes 30
404 Flt, Flycatcher 9; blue band, HMS Courageous 29
404 Flt, Flycatcher 513; blue band, HMS Courageous 32
405 Flt, Flycatcher 16; blue band, HMS Courageous 28
405 Flt, Flycatcher 10; red band, HMS Furious 29
405 Flt, Flycatcher 3, 7, 10, 14; white? band, Malta 20s
407 Flt, Osprey 203, no band, 2nd Cruiser Sqn 33
408 Flt, Nimrod 572; yellow band, blue tail, HMS Glorious 32
409 Flt, Nimrod 563; yellow band, yellow/blue cheq. tail, HMS Glorious 32