Originally Posted by
heli1
The Whirlwind 7 above is surely XK936, if you squint closely at the picture.Now on display at Duxford.
That's a very good squint that you have: checking with a better scan of the original confirms it is XK936
I'm unable to upload to my gallery to show the better scan plus one of it at Duxford, but it isn't always a Good Thing to see an aircraft you flew being displayed in a museum!
Savoia, we only referred to airframe numbers in our logbooks: the squadron side number was our reference (and call sign) and could be changed from airframe to airframe as and when a rotation occurred into or from deep maintenance.
As for talking to pongoes during training: perish the thought
