Not sure yet if this is correct but I suspect that certain airfields and stores parks, HQs etc in France in January 1940 were given a code. I have no idea if these are French, they could be airfields in the UK for all I know. Also given the large range of numbers involved I suspect that they may well refer to UK airfields (although the listings mights refer to all airfields in France and not just the RAF ones). What made me think that they may be French a/fs is that the source is the RAF Depot ORB and at that time, Uxbridge was supplying airmen to the Advanced Air Striking Force and the codes finish in May 1940 when Uxbridge started receiving airmen back from the BEF. If anyone can help please do:
I wonder if they are codes for locations, towns railway stations etc. It would make sense if used on written orders or documents so that if captured by the enemy it would not disclose the locations.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
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