Taking a tip from the British, who have given their planes such lively names as Hurricane and Spitfire, the Navy last week gave names to its planes. Abandoned (except for official correspondence) was the Navy's peculiar code of airplane designations: SO3C (for Scout Observation plane, type 3, made by Curtiss), PB2Y (for Patrol Bomber, type 2, made by Consolidated), etc. The new lexicon:
Buffalo for the Brewster F2A, Catalina for the Consolidated PBY. (These two names were taken over from the British.)
Corsair for the Vought F4U.
Kingfisher for the observation scouts Vought O52U and Naval Aircraft Factory's O52N.
Seagull for the Curtiss SO3C.
Buccaneer...
