Pundit codes

[exgroundcrew]

Pundit code;

The latest RAFA Air Mail has a letter asking the question, Why were the two letter morse codes airfield identification beacons codes called Pundit codes, anyone out there know why they were called Pundit?

[cazatou]

"Pundit" is a corruption of the Hindi "Pandit" - meaning an authority. Perhaps it originated in India between the 2 World Wars to help identify landing strips in a very large Country.

[aw ditor]

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