As some of you may know, I'm currently trying to crack the RAF and RN census number systems (see also this thread on HMVF).

I'm pretty sure that 9962RN is a Matchless from RN contract C/11462.

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Jan, it looks to me as if there is a painted figure preceding the "9" ? Could that fit ?

Yes I thought so too! I mentioned it to Jan a while ago. Ron

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I also had my doubts... I have got another close number (10051RN) in my list. And if there would be another digit in front of 9962 it would have to be either 19962, 29962, 39962 or 49962. But I haven't got any close numbers to these combinations in my list. Of course I could be wrong... That's why I'm hoping that more post war auction catalogues will come out of the woodwork one day...

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Tropical uniform. (Did the RN call it Khaki Drill ?) but still with a headlamp mask...I thought they weren't much used in the tropics due to the reduced risk of air attack ? Somewhere in the Med ?

i have a set of WD G3L front forks that seem to have light blueish grey paint on them

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