True. It's a good way to unite the squadron
When I was on the Shinies we had just lost our 'B' Flt to centralised servicing but the one sqn Ldr on the sqn was OC "A" Flt. The sqn was 12(B) Sqn.
The boss, as we only had one 'flight' proposed dropping the OC "A" Flt and the 12(B) Sqn until someone pointed out what the (B) meant.
It is quite an education to walk down the gallery at the RAF Club and note the original sqn badges.