617 already operational and based at Marham used to use the name of the legendary pet pooch
Ah yes, that was an awkward time, the N-word was used as the callsign for formations and Sqn Ops and the feeder was called N's Bone. I seem to remember it started to unravel when we did an airfield attack at Upper Heyford and were handled as November formation throughout. By the time the aircraft landed a call had rattled up the USAF chain, across to SASO and back down again.