PetrosA Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Hi all! I've been lurking here for some time. Great forum! I have a question for you specialists in WWI planes. I'm looking for an English name for lettering that was added to the side of a plane that showed who donated it ex. "Norwich," "3rd Reserve Hussars,' Parish of Inch" etc. Is there a name for these markings? (This is for a Polish-English translation). Thanks in advance, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Hi Petrosa, welcome to ARC, I think that the term you are looking for is "Representative Presentation Aircraft". These were aircraft presented to the RAF by Individuals, Organisations and Companies, Towns and Cities, Countries. This occurred more in WW2, with Spitfires being the largest number presented, although there were a couple of DH89 ambulance aircraft named 'Women of the Empire' and 'Women of Britain'. Robin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PetrosA Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 Thanks Robin! I'm not sure that I should use that about the lettering itself. I have a bunch of photo captions where the lettering is described sort of like this "An S.E. 5a from 24 Sqn. RAF with ********* “Parish of Inch No. 2†painted on the fuselage." and I need something to fit into where the stars are. There's a name for this in Polish that loosely translated would be "Funder's (Sponsor's) designation." What you suggested seems more like it describes the category of aircraft that were donated, while I need something specific about the actual "label" that got painted on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 :P Hi, it is possible that the word you need is 'inscription', you could say that this is 'An SE5A of No 24 Squadron, Royal Air Force, with the inscription "Parish of Inch No 2" painted on the fuselage'. These aircraft were actually 'donated' to the RAF. B) Robin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PetrosA Posted March 21, 2005 Author Share Posted March 21, 2005 Sounds good, Robin. I've been looking for something all afternoon, and this seems like the best option. I really appreciate you help. Thank you! B) Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skyking Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Hi Petrosa, As Robin said, Inscription could be used, or perhaps "Stencil" or "Stenciled" would work. Cheers Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 :wacko: Hi Mike, as these inscriptions were 'one-offs', I doubt that they would have used a stencil, I think that it would most certainly have been hand painted. This was WW1. Robin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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