Phonetic Alphabets

These are not phonetic alphabets as in those used to guide pronounciation, rather they are a selection of alphabets used, particularly by radio operators, to spell out words.

Brian Kelk has the most comprehensive list available and many of the alphabets listed here come from his collection. I found John Higgins' Silent Alphabet amusing.

Phonetic Alphabets of the World
Letter NATO & International Aviation British Forces 1952 RAF 1942-43 Telecom B British A or International NY Police French German Italian Spanish
A Alfa Abel Apple Alfred Amsterdam Adam Anatole Anton Ancona Antonio
Ä               Ärger    
B Bravo Baker Beer Benjamin Baltimore Boy Berthe Berta Bologna Barcelona
C Charlie Charlie Charlie Charles Casablanca Charlie Célestin Cäsar Como Carmen
Ch               Charlotte   Chocolate
D Delta Dog Dog David Denmark David Désiré Dora Domodossola Dolores
E Echo Easy Edward Edward Edison Edward Eugène Emil Empoli Enrique
É             Émile      
F Foxtrot Fox Freddy Frederick Florida Frank François Friedrich Firenze Francia
G Golf George George George Gallipoli George Gaston Gustav Genova Gerona
H Hotel How Harry Harry Havana Henry Henri Heinrich Hotel Historia
I India Item In Isaac Italia Ida Irma Ida Imola Inés
J Juliett Jig Jug/Johnny Jack Jerusalem John Joseph Julius I lunga José
K Kilo King King King Kilogram King Kléber Kaufmann Kursaal Kilo
L Lima Love Love London Liverpool Lincoln Louis Ludwig Livorno Lorenzo
Ll                   Llobregat
M Mike Mike Mother Mary Madagascar Mary Marcel Martha Milano Madrid
N November Nan Nuts Nellie New York Nora Nicolas Nordpol Napoli Navarra
Ñ                   Ñoño
O Oscar Oboe Orange Oliver Oslo Ocean Oscar Otto Otranto Oviedo
Ö               Ökonom    
P Papa Peter Peter Peter Paris Peter Pierre Paula Padova París
Q Quebec Queen Queen Queen Quebec Queen Quintal Quelle Quarto Querido
R Romeo Roger Roger/Robert Robert Roma Robert Raoul Richard Roma Ramón
S Sierra Sugar Suga Samuel Santiago Sam Suzanne Samuel Savona Sábado
Sch               Schule    
T Tango Tare Tommy Tommy Tripoli Tom Thérèse Theodor Torino Tarragona
U Uniform Uncle Uncle Uncle Uppsala Union Ursule Ulrich Udine Ulises
Ü               Übermut    
V Victor Victor Vic Victor Valencia Victor Victor Viktor Venezia Valencia
W Whiskey William William William Washington William William Wilhelm Washington Washington
X X-ray X-Ray X-ray X-ray Xantippe X-ray Xavier Xanthippe Ics Xiquena
Y Yankee Yoke Yoke/Yorker Yellow Yokohama Young Yvonne Ypsilon York Yegua
Z Zulu Zebra Zebra Zebra Zürich Zebra Zoé Zeppelin Zara Zaragoza