"Annie", or "Old Annie" - Avro Anson bomber and trainer-plane
"Beau" - Bristol Beaufighter
"Beer-barrel" - Brewster Ruffalo
"Blendyburger" - Bristol Blenheim
"Bumblebee" - Grumman Martlet (Wildcat).
"Crate" - An obsolete aircraft-indeed, the word itself is almost obsolete.
"Cats" - Catalina Flying-boat
"Dafly" - Boulton and Paul Defiant
"Flying Horse" - Gloucester Gladiator (also called "Gladys").
"Flying Pencil" - German Dornier bomber
"Flying Suitcase" - Handley-Page Hampden
"Hurry", "Hurribird" - Hawker Hurricane
"Flyblows" - Flying Boats
"Kites" - Aircraft generally. This word has replaced to a great extent the word 'crates' coined in the last war.
"Kipper-Kites" – Coastal Command aircraft engaged upon convoy escort or fishery protection duties.
"Lizzie" - Westland Lysander
"Maggie" – Miles Magister
"Messer" - German Messerschmitt
'Spit", "Spitty" - Supermarine Spitfire
"Sun" - Short Sunderland
"Stringbag" - Fairey Swordfish
"Shagbat" - Walrus
"Vicky" - Vickers Victoria
"Wimpey" - Vickers Armstrong Wellington
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