Originally Posted by
TorqueOfTheDevil
Not that this is of any significance compared to the main issue of the thread, but I think this has happened more recently than the 60s eg 27 Sqn renumbering as 12 Sqn in 1993.
That appears to be one that vexes those who research the minutiae of these things - did 27 disband at 2359hrs and 12 reform at 0000hrs or was it a continuous existence with just a change of number?