Numbers... what are they called?

JKilts · #1 (**permalink**) December 15th, 2007, 02:24 AM

This picture is a good example of what I mean.

http://www.pascalgabriel.nl/tempwork/render_stuka14.jpg

Do you see the numbers on the side? "K5DH"? What are they called, and if anyone happens to know what the British called those numbers, if they had a different name for them, that would be extremely helpful. But if not, I still need to know a name for them.
Thanks

The_Historian · #2 (**permalink**) December 15th, 2007, 02:45 AM

Well the British called them squadron codes. I'm assuming the Luftwaffe did likewise.
Basically one set is the squadron code, and the other relates to that particular aircraft within it. In the RAF for example 'DB' would be the squadron, and 'C' would be a particular aircraft. Not too well up on the Luftwaffe though, sorry.

JKilts · #3 (**permalink**) December 17th, 2007, 01:03 AM

Thanks

JKilts · #4 (**permalink**) December 20th, 2007, 06:23 AM

For the RAF movie I'm working on, I have 2 giant Stukas.

One has T6 in black, the Luftwaffe symbol, then a yellow C followed by a black P.

The other has a black A5, the luftwaffe symbol, a yellow vertical line (symbol? or maybe just an I or 1), and then a black L.

What would theses mean? In the script, I just have the group commander asking the squadron leader what a specific German's squadron numbers were, and he replies with "Squadron codes A5L". Wrong?