Expanding the recent comments on the defunct US Navy system of naming things that fly...
I like to keep things neat and tidy - generally. So I understand that for WWII US we have the Army way -> P-51D, P-47M, B-24J, and the Navy way -> F4U-4C, PBJ-1, J2F-2, etc.
For the sake of consistency with the Germans I've taken to Ju 88, Fw 190 and Bf 109 rather than JU-88, Ju88, Ju-88, etc. Which is the correct form (from the German POV)? Hell, from anyone's POV!?!
I'm less interested in Japanese, Italian, Russian, British and other subjects - so I pay less attention and am less inclined to dig too far into finding out what's what - but I still run across it in my travels and it bugs me to get the straight scoop - Which are the more correct usages among these types?
1) For the Russians I go with - MiG-15, instead of Mig-15, MIG15, Mig15, MIG-15 Did I miss one ;-)2) Japanese, I guess it's - Ki-43, A6M, P1Y, Ki-46, G4M... OK, now I'm confused
3) Italian - MC.205, MC 205, M.C. 205 - hell I don't know 4) Brits - Mk.I this and Mk.IIC that... or is it MkI this, MKII.c that... HELP!Throw the Poles and French in there too - I'm starting to get more interested in building some of their pre and WWII types. So here's your chance to shine - straighten me out here. What's the "preferred" form for the above systems?
TIA
WmB