Recent content by Puddlejumper

Thanks for this, so the 5 (or 6) digit numbers might refer to a particular sub-contractor and/or a part/drawing number, which would make sense of different numbers on different parts of the airframe. As far as I am aware, the RAF never applied a Technical Data Block (giving serial number, type...

I have a question about the W/T stencils on Hurricanes... I had a trawl through all the IWM photos tagged 'Hurricane' and found 8 from the 1940-41 period where the W/T stencil aft of the cockpit, starboard side was readable. All consisted of two lines of text: top line was always 'G 5/' or...