From the inception of the RAF in 1918 the new service developed
traditions fast. In particular, its squadrons assumed a combination
of heraldic devices and colourful markings with which to identify
machines and inspire men. With the potential onset if war in 1938,
the very public and well-known unit markings were replaced by
two-letter codes, designed to confuse the enemy. Through the uneasy
period leading to the formal declaration of war, these codes became
well-known locally and there was a second set for application with
the onset of war. As the war progressed the unit codes expanded to
incorporate numerals and the system expanded to the USAFF and the
Commonwealth and the Allied units. To preserve secrecy the codes
were only ever listed in a series of top-secret documents and the
previous set destroyed. The authors have painstaking researched the
codes and building on from earlier works have produced the
definitive work on the subject.
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