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Re: Aircraft names
Posted by Ron Henry on Fri Jan 24, 2003 11:25:34 AM
In reply top Aircraft names posted by Tony C on Fri Jan 24, 2003 10:06:23 AM
: Hi All,
: Can anybody answer the following.
:
: Would the P51 be known as the Mustang in American service,
: the B26 as the Marauder, the B24 as the Liberator or were
: the names only used by the British?
:
: TIA
:
: Tony
The American services have both numbers and names for their aircraft, but tend to use the numbers predominantly; us Brits tend to be biggest on names,because the aircraft can't be called by anything else! Conversely, and not surprisingly, when a US aircraft has been adopted by RAF/RN, its type number sometimes achieves quite widespread, but unofficial, service use, e.g. F-4 (Phantom). IIRC, the Mustang, though, was not given its name by US services (USAAF) as it was designed to a Brit
spec.