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What was the RAF's stores identification system before the introduction of NATO Stock Numbers?
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Before NATO Stock Numbers
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They used to have a prefix number/letter, see link below, and the last '7' numbers became prefixed with the NATO Number as explained in second link:
https://stephentaylorhistorian.com/2018/04/18/ww2-aircraft-parts-prefix-codes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_...umber,come to be used in all treaty countries.
https://stephentaylorhistorian.com/2018/04/18/ww2-aircraft-parts-prefix-codes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_...umber,come to be used in all treaty countries.
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Thanks, yes I remember now. In the mid to late 1960's the RAAF held stocks of say Vampire and Canberra spares, it was during the introduction of the NATO stock number and many British aircraft spares where held thus 5910-RAF-10CV12340
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It was called a section reference. As an ex Canberra not a lot of our parts were NATO codified.
Electrical spares were often prefixed with 10H etc. The link below gives some insight as someone was looking for numbers.
www.key.aero
Electrical spares were often prefixed with 10H etc. The link below gives some insight as someone was looking for numbers.
Unidentified RAF Section Reference numbers
There a few reference numbers I have never been able to identify. Most are not aircraft related as such but maybe someone out there will know. I have not been able to locate them in any AP1086's. Any help will be welcome.
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Yeph Sect Refs. Sure 26NA was Buccaneer.
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Ah yes sitting behind a humble Microfiche slider at Hereford trade training. Or looking through technical manuals filing through Tcards Stock controlling on 1640M cards then later on the Honeywell. If my memory serves me uselessly mostly this was for unifying all three services on equipment and spares. Because during the mid eighties A B C change to P L C on vouchers as with the computing capacity improved later on. I can not believe I still think as supplier DENSITY ACTIVITY COMPLEX 
sorry haunts me till this day 16MU.
sorry haunts me till this day 16MU.
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Give me part numbers any day.
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Or monkey boards.
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Stacker Porn Alert...
After over 20 years (& well beyond) as a stacker covering the transition period from Sect/Refs to NSNs, I remember all this well. The 1st link provided by past engineering is (as far as i can recall) accurate in its breakdown of sections & sub-sections.
Clearly some of them were long out of use by the 70's when I joined up and others joined the list after that (26VB for Harrier GR5 onwards, for example) and his list doesn't cover sections 77 & 78 (missile spares) nor the sections above 99.
Essentially, any Sect Ref where the Sect was in the 100 - 199 range was American sourced but related to the equivalent <100 Section - a 105L item, therefore, was an American sourced light bulb, a 126CK item was an American sourced Chinook item whereas 26CK was a UK sourced Chinook item. The same held true for other ranges - 200s were German, 500's were French (526MM for Puma airframe parts), 800s were, iirc, Norwegian. In the 70's NSNs were referred to as FSNs - Federal Stock Numbers before they became NATO standards.
Aaaah, happy days....
Big stacker porn prize for anyone else out there who remembers what a 26DK 158 was......
After over 20 years (& well beyond) as a stacker covering the transition period from Sect/Refs to NSNs, I remember all this well. The 1st link provided by past engineering is (as far as i can recall) accurate in its breakdown of sections & sub-sections.
Clearly some of them were long out of use by the 70's when I joined up and others joined the list after that (26VB for Harrier GR5 onwards, for example) and his list doesn't cover sections 77 & 78 (missile spares) nor the sections above 99.
Essentially, any Sect Ref where the Sect was in the 100 - 199 range was American sourced but related to the equivalent <100 Section - a 105L item, therefore, was an American sourced light bulb, a 126CK item was an American sourced Chinook item whereas 26CK was a UK sourced Chinook item. The same held true for other ranges - 200s were German, 500's were French (526MM for Puma airframe parts), 800s were, iirc, Norwegian. In the 70's NSNs were referred to as FSNs - Federal Stock Numbers before they became NATO standards.
Aaaah, happy days....
Big stacker porn prize for anyone else out there who remembers what a 26DK 158 was......
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Not a stacker so no real idea but is 26DK 158 WRAF knickers, navy blue. Was always a good thing to get a newbie to find on the old 1086 fiche.Big stacker porn prize for anyone else out there who remembers what a 26DK 158 was......
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Nope... WRAF knickers would have been in DMC (Domestic Management Code - aka Section) 22L WRAF uniform clothing...... (sadly my 40 year old book of useful NSNs is in my drawer at work, otherwise i might have had the actual number - I ran a couple of clothing stores in my time....)
(sadly my 40 year old book of useful NSNs is in my drawer at work, otherwise i might have had the actual number - I ran a couple of clothing stores in my time....)
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Sect Refs made jobs for.. Stackers.
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In the days before computers it was always a challenge to find the stock number when all you had was the part number.
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Aaah, I missed the demise of the 1086, we demanded a whole Hercules once just to see if it would turn up. It had a stock number.
Prompted an odd phone call from Supply asking if that was what we really wanted.
Prompted an odd phone call from Supply asking if that was what we really wanted.
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Whirlwinds - 26WW, Wessex 26WX, etc.
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Lightning radome?Big stacker porn prize for anyone else out there who remembers what a 26DK 158 was......
..and one for you me ol' bean.... 26DC 1.
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I once ordered a 100' length of 3/8 brass chain and the SCAF FS phoned up to ask where we were docking the ship that needed so much anchor chain. The Section & Ref number was one digit different.
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Many's the time folks got their PPQs(Pre-Packed Quantity) and DofQs (Denomination of Quantity) mixed up when demanding stuff and ended up with embarrassingly large quantities of stuff they didn't want being delivered to their doorstep.
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Oh yes the section once demanded 50 sanding discs used in carbon fibre repair prep. Unfortunately they come in boxes of 50 so we got 50 boxes of 50 discs per box. Over 10 years later they still haven't had to demand any more!
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Oooh, now there's an ex-Binbrook supplier at work; spot on. 26DK 158 was indeed the complete radome mounted within the engine intake of Britain's greatest ever jet fighter.....Lightning radome?
..and one for you me ol' bean.... 26DC 1.
26DC 1?
I should know that one because it rings a bell from my past... but b******d if I can bring it to mind now