Here's some
information about aircraft tactical numbers
in Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadrons.
It may help to modeller's to identify an aircraft or to choose decal markings
for model.
| Squadron | Aircraft type | BuNo | Tac.code | Based | Year | War/ conflict |
Pilot |
| 800 | Hellcat F.I (F6F-3) | JV106 | E-B | HMS Emperor | 1944 | WWII | |
| 890 | Wildcat F.I (F4F-4) | JV439 | S | HMS Ateling | 1944 | WWII | |
| 893 (US) | Wildcat F.I (F4F-4) | FN121 | 9Z-0 | HMS Formidable | 1942 | WWII | |
| 1839 | Hellcat F.I (F6F-3) | JV147 | 5-A | HMS Indomitable | 1944 | WWII | |
| 800 | Attacker F.1 | WA496 | J-101 | HMS Eagle | 1950 | ||
| 802 | Sea Fury FB.11 | WJ232 | O-114 | HMS Ocean | 1951 | Korea | 1st Lt. P.Carmichael |
| 802 | Sea Fury FB.11 | VR943 | O-232 | HMS Ocean | 1952 | Korea | |
| 802 | Sea Fury FB.11 | VR943 | R-105 | HMS Ocean | 1953 | Korea | |
| 802 | Sea Fury FB.11 | WJ288 | 029 | ||||
| 802 | Sea Hawk FB.3 | Z-230 | HMS Albion | 1956 | Egypt | ||
| 803 | Sea Fury FB.11 | TF996 | BL-F | RCAF | 1949 | ||
| 804 | Sea Hawk FGA.6 | XE399 | R-167 | HMS Ark Royal | 1955 | Egypt | |
| 804 | Sea Hawk FGA.6 | O-166 | HMS Ark Royal | 1955 | Egypt | ||
| 805 | Sea Fury FB.11 | VX730 | K-109 | HMAS Sydney | 1952 | Korea | |
| 806 | Sea Hawk F.1 | WF163 | 160 | HMS Eagle | 1954 | Egypt | |
| 807 | Sea Hawk F.2 | WF259 | 124 | 1954 | Egypt | ||
| 810 | Sea Hawk FGA.6 | WV918 | 230 | 1956` | Egypt | ||
| 814 | Firefly FR.1 | DV117 | 286 | HMS Winnerable | 1946 | ||
| 817 | Firefly AS.5 | WL412 | 236 | HMAS Sydney | 1950 | Korea | |
| 825 | Firefly AS.5 | O- | HMS Ocean | 1952 | Korea | ||
| 827 | Wyvern S.4 | WL880 | J-132 | HMS Eagle | 1955 | ||
| 830 | Wyvern S.4 | VN336 | J- | HMS Eagle | 1956 | Egypt | |
| 831 | Wyvern S.4 | WN334 (VZ386?) | J-386 | 195. | |||
| 860 | Firefly FR.1 | PP484 | S | N. Sumatra | 1946 | ||
| 1771 | Firefly FR.1 | DK431 | 275 | HMS Implecable | 1945 |
Sources of information
provided here:
"AeroPlane" magazine, No. 2-12,15, 1993-1999, Minsk,
Belarus;
C.Piotrowski, P.Taras "Korea 1950-53", "Kampanie lotnicze 3",
Books International, 1994.
and various private and published photos.
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