PC10 under the fuselage?

[phil2015]

I've been looking at profiles of RFC planes in Eduard instructions.  Some of these have PC10 under the fuselage, some of them have CDL.  Is there knowledge about this?

Thanks,
Phil

[macsporran]

Yes, but it's a wide subject. You'd need to enquire about a specific plane and then someone here would doubtless be able to help.
HTH
Sandy

[phil2015]

thanks, Sandy.  Would that be a specific plane as in a specific serial number, or a specific type of plane?  It appeared on first glance that they illustrate the camels with CDL and the SE5s with PC10, but I have found one exception where a Camel is PC10 under the fuselage.....

[macsporran]

You'd need to enquire on a specific serial number, Phil, as different batches of the aircraft could be built by different contractors - e.g. Camels by Sopwith, Ruston and Proctor, Hoopers, Porthome, Boulton & Paul, Clayton & Shuttleworth, Nieuport & General, Beardmore, etc, etc who might each have their own interpretation of the painting spec. An individual airframe could then be rebuilt at an aircraft depot and could be recovered at a squadron repair facility.
Hence there could be substantial variation even for individual planes with consecutive serial numbers.
It's a bit of a minefield and you need to look for documentation on a specific aeroplane.
Sandy

[phil2015]

Thanks, Sandy!