French underwing codes 1940

[Heck]

I'm doing some French Hawk 75 schemes and am trying to find a site that explains the underwing markings on these aircraft, such as, X8-81, or U0-40, etc. I can't seem to find any site that details the specifics of these codes. On some aircraft the second set of digits matches the last two digits of the individual airframe, ie: U0-40 was the 140th Hawk received by the French, but in some cases it doesn't match, ie: X8-83 was actually aircraft 184 according to the tail number. I'm confused. Does anyone know of a site that explains system of coding? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Heck

[+ErikGen]

I'm doing some French Hawk 75 schemes and am trying to find a site that explains the underwing markings on these aircraft, such as, X8-81, or U0-40, etc. I can't seem to find any site that details the specifics of these codes. On some aircraft the second set of digits matches the last two digits of the individual airframe, ie: U0-40 was the 140th Hawk received by the French, but in some cases it doesn't match, ie: X8-83 was actually aircraft 184 according to the tail number. I'm confused. Does anyone know of a site that explains system of coding? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Heck

 

First of all , not all french Hawks had underwing numbers (really few in my docs )... i did see this number much more on aircrafts built by France ... the number you are talking about (X881, U040, X883) is the military matriculation. Of course this number only accidentally match the manufacturer's model number on the rudder . I think you need a detailed serial/matriculation table to do the work.

[+christian59]

hello

 

look at http://www.airwarfareforum.com/

 

enjoy

[Heck]

Thanks, Erikgen, and Christian59. I was confused because some of the pictures I downloaded off the net were of the same aircraft, and one profile would place the codes under the wings, while the other would not, so I thought it might be just an artist's thing, whenever they were missing. I'm bookmarking that site you gave me, Christian59. So I can check it out in detail later, after a bout with some real world plumbing problems. Thanks again to both of you for your quick responses. This is the best, most responsive, and helpful flight simming community I've ever had the pleasure of being associated with.

 

Heck

Edited June 24, 2007 by Heck