Door Markings

[Colin Macgregor Stevens]

The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps (RCASC) did NOT use the -1- in the middle of their DND number (style used from early 1930s up until about the beginning of 1943). The V is the code for "Van". Odd in this case.

In 1943, everyone IN CANADA changed to the new DND number style (e.g. 50-123 or Z50-123) with or without a prefix vehicle type letter code. This number style did not use the -1-in the middle at all. The dash in this case is because they did not have a comma stencil! 50-123 = 50,123

The RCAF used numbers in the 20,000 and 30,000 range. They also usually had R.C.A.F. and a two letter station code. If one word station e.g. Estevan (Saksatchewan) it was EN (first and last letter.) If two word e.g. Sea Island (BC) it was SI (first letter of each word.)