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Old 19th Dec 2022, 12:26
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Originally Posted by Davef68
There have been lots of names repeated over the years. e.g. Hawker Fury was both a predecessor and a successor of the Hurricane/Typhoon/Tempest line. At least (until the recent Ensign) we don't put II or III after names when they are reused.
Envoy, rather than Ensign.

Oddly, we did take Globemaster III from the US, but dropped the II from Lightning. There is no consistency in MoD naming conventions of aircraft.
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