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The Hawker 41H number may be the AID
Posted by Paul McMillan on Wed May 14, 2003 07:09:49 AM
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Number
AID Numbers were introduced during WWI
AID = Aeronautical Inspectorate Department
where the H is for "Hawker"
See: http://www.qmtzone.f9.co.uk/airinspection/aeroinspection.htm
Glosters number was G5, which you see in some construction numbers including Hurricane licence production :-)
like
Z5053 Mk. IIB Gloster Built (C/N 41H/G5/21232)
and
G-HUPW Mk. I (C/N G529301) Ex R4118 (From India) with Peter Vacher.