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14th September 2019, 18:51
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Re: Pre-War fuselage bands with numbers on RAF, FAA biplanes
The side numbers ( in the mid-1930s until revised to letter/number/letter) were in blocks based on area of operations...........
HOME FLEET----------- Torpedo-bomber 1--50 Reserve " 01--09 Reconnaissance 201--247 later 102 + Recon / spotter 701--750 Fighter / recon. 501--537 later 102 + as above MEDITERRANEAN FLEET---------- Torpedo-bomber 51--98 (could prefix with 0) Reconnaissance 248--284 Recon.-spotter 801--850 Fighter-recon. 548--583 CHINA FLEET--------- Fighter-recon. 586--598 Recon.-spotter 870--897 Reconnaissance 285--298 (the later Swordfish TSR allocated 601+ ). Nick 
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