Military Aircraft
(asked on 13th April 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what procedures are in place for the naming of RAF aircraft.
This question was answered on 20th April 2017
The RAF does not routinely give individual aircraft names and there is no formal protocol or regulation regarding the naming of RAF aircraft. However, aircraft are occasionally given names and there is precedent, particularly during World War II, for philanthropic individuals or groups to donate aircraft and they were often given the opportunity to name them.