RAF Lingo and Codewords Explained

With 1 RAF Campaign already released and 2 on the way, a friend of mine suggested I made a video that explains the different codewords and slang that you may hear while playing the campaign.

[@colderwar]

Absolutely top hole old boy. What a wizard guide. Lets hope we don't go for a burton over Frogland eh, what ?

[@rubixity51513]

this man is underrated

[@MrZondorf]

Very useful thanks, I recommend doing a USAF WWII as well. During your Zemke's Wolfpack I got particularly confused by a couple, including "pills".

[@ReflectedSimulations]

That's also a codeword for fuel

[@lankypilot778]

Hats off to the voiceover work already. Sounds like we're in for treat

[@PappyGunn]

Smashing video old chap, cheery Oh, chuffed by the whole affair.

[@roderickval]

Awesome man, Read the Big Show book like 2 times haha . Love the English WW2 Lingo.

[@Spartonification]

Cant wait for the campaign!! Thanks for the vid

[@Bullseyearchery]

A couple of new ones for me. Thanks.

[@waldemarkalinowski3612]

"Buster" is Military power without afterburner in modern aviation. "Gate" is Max throttle with afterburner.

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Yes, today. Back then there weren’t any afterburners so they only used buster.

[@zacharythomas6168]

I don't know if this is true of WWII, but Angles and Cherubs is only supposed to be used for friendly aircraft nowadays. You still say thousand or hundred for the enemy to prevent confusion if you miss the declare portion of the AWACS/GCI report.

[@markusv311]

Very nice movie, thanks for sharing. Just srarting to get i to the mossie after a finished the Wolfpack campaign sucessfuly, but it looks like i need to learn to fly the spit as well😎

[@prichardgs]

I needed this!

[@NPC-0013]

Cool video and you got most of it right. Just wanted to add that I think pancake means crash landing not normal landing

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Thanks! I’m pretty sure the RAF used it for normal landings too.

[@NPC-0013]

@@ReflectedSimulations hi yea to be honest I don’t know for sure. I’ve just seen it in war films when planes have to crash land they say on the radio going in for a pancake landing. That’s when the movie gets tense haha. But actually now I think of that it’s always been American movies which doesn’t help anything with RAF speech 🙄

[@NPC-0013]

@@ReflectedSimulations aha it’s for emergency landings 😉

[@stephendecatur189]

Thanks for your work. Has the cooling system on the Spit been fixed yet?

[@LtRiot]

Sweet!

[@phunkaeg]

Love it!!

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Thank you for the idea! :)

[@dougsmith7616]

Check out the Monty Python RAF banter sketch for the proper attitude.

[@Planefan1000]

I would've thought the RAF would be using the Vic formation. Did they adopt the finger-four after the Battle of Britain?

[@MDzmitry]

Exactly that, Fighter Command modified its tactics after the BoB in 1941, including officially adopting the "finger-four" formation instead of vic by 1942.

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

You might want to add Rhubarb and Roadstead to the list?

[@ReflectedSimulations]

There's not gonna be any of those in Beware Beware. There's a nice list of mission code names here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_RAF_code_names

[@prichardgs]

I was in 1/21 INF "Gimlets"

[@EagleSQN]

Good Video buddy! anyway.... looks like game label is wrong.

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Thanks! Looks like KZbin guessed wrong. I corrected it now.

[@EagleSQN]

@@ReflectedSimulations perfect. hope there is other video like this :D

[@pomsie100]

Hi there I'm very interested in getting into this simulation, used play il2 1946 back in the day! Where can I get this game from & what sort of pc would I need to run it? Sorry but I'm really starting from scratch!! Any tips would be great!!

[@ReflectedSimulations]

Hi! DCS is way more advanced than 1946, you'll love it. The core game is free, and it comes with a free TF-51 (training mustang). I'd advise you to download and install it for the DCS website and go from there. Once you get the hang of it, you can buy different aircraft and maps as separate modules. Whichever you like - to make them flyable. As for PC, the requirements are also on the website: digitalcombatsimulator.com

[@pomsie100]

@@ReflectedSimulations Thank you for the info, yes I'm sure to love it can't wait 👍

[@alexandercarpenter1751]

Spiffing, old chap!

[@lonerangermotoring]

What game is this?

[@ReflectedSimulations]

DCS World

[@lonerangermotoring]

@@ReflectedSimulations thank you

[@CakePrincessCelestia]

5:29 Well, that aged like fine milk. /watch?v=Mj5DkQxIE-k :)