Originally Posted by
Lenny123
Hi there.
please can you give help identifying Westland Scout with large white capital M and another with P on the front of the Aircraft (Nose) please?
AAC Squadron or?
Thanks
I can probably help but I need some clue.....
RM and some AAC Sqns used to put a letter on the nose to assist trooping "chalk one, Mike" etc, it was also used during radio silence to send simple visual messages "M1" would decode to return for fuel (or whatever). I don't recal Sqns being allocated specific letters, each Regt would deconflict amongst themselves, it would have been unusual for two Sqns from different Regiments to be operating alongside each other so hopefully two aircraft M shouldn't be at the same spot but it is possible I suppose.
As per previous, need a phot.