[WWI] Animal names, was Lack of List Activity

[Douglas Anderson]

This is true. But during the Great War it would appear that originally the naming came about as nick-names; Pup being the diminutive of 1-1/2 Strutter, Camel due to the pronounced hump etc. This then appears to have lead into official naming: Snipe, Swallow etc. 

dave fleming <dave.fleming2 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:  The British had some complicated rules for naming aircraft, which I'm too lazy to type up at the moment, but 
examples (post WW1) were animals for light bombers - so we had Hart, Hind, Fawn - and birds for fighters - Snipe, 
woodcock, Grebe, Gamecock.

Birds of Prey were used for engines.

Dave


       
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