What did the letters painted either side of the RAF badge on ww2 planes stand for?
During WWII, the RAF used three-letter codes to identify their aircraft from a distance. Two large letters were painted before the roundel, which signified the squadron to which the aircraft belonged, and another letter was painted after the roundel which indicated the individual aircraft. Aditionally, there was the individual serial number for each aircraft, which was painted in a much smaller size, usually somewhere at the rear of the aircraft, either under the tailplane or on the fin. Occasionally the code letters were painted in other places, but their meaning remained the same.
