The squadrons called eg Two One Six (216) are mostly ex RNAS squadrons whose original numbers were given a prefix of '2' when the RAF was formed.
No, noooo, a thousand times no!
Two-Sixteen.
Otherwise, the provenance you cite is correct. Many/most expressed it the way 2-16 does.
MPN11, spouse of a former 2-16 Sqn Adjutant.
