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"B" Coded B-26 Marauder based at Selfridge Field, MI Photo depicts crew members
of the Free French Air Force USAAF Photo |
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Twin Engine
bomber trainers typically displayed the fuselage letter code on the nose and sometimes was repeated on the tail. However
some aircraft did display the letter only on the aft portion of the fuselage. As in the photo above the letter
code sequence "BF3" can be broken down into three meaningful segments. In this case "B" stood for
the base name (i.e. Selfridge AAF) , "F" signified the Flight number, and "3" stood for the
aircraft number within that Flight.
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Note: I am still collecting information
regarding Twin-Engine Transition Bomber aircraft. Please contact me with new or revised data: webmaster@fuselagecodes.com
A. Transition Training
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Army Air Field
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Fuselage Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Aloe, TX
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A-26
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unknown
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Barksdale Field, LA
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B-25, B-26
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Barksdale
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Columbia, SC
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A-20
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Columbia
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A-20 "H", A-26 "F"
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Florence, H - unknown
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Frederick, OK
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A-26, B-25, B-26
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unknown
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Greenville, SC
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G
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B-25
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Greenville
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Gunter Field, AL *
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B-25
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Gunter
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Kellogg Field, MI
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A-26
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Kellogg
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Lake Charles, LA
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L
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B-26
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Lake Charles
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Marianna, FL
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A-26
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unknown
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Morris Field, NC
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A-20, B-25
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unknown
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Myrtle Beach, SC
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A-20, B-25
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unknown
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Pampa, TX
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B-25
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unknown
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Roswell, NM
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B-25
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RosWell
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Selfridge Field, MI *
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A-26, B-26
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SelFridge
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Seymour-Johnson Field , NC
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A-26
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Seymour-Johnson
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Temple, TX **
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B-25
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unknown
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* The Free French Air Force performed 2-E transition
training at Gunter and OTU at Selfridge. ** B-25 transition training was conducted at Temple AAF which was a Sub-Base of Waco AAF. # The letter code
was a suffix to the assigned sequential number (e.g. 342C)
B. Advanced 2-E and Specialized 2-E
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Army Air Field
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Fuselage Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Douglas, AZ
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A
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B-25, B-26
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DouglAs
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La Junta, CO
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J
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B-25
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Junta
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Mather Field, CA
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T
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B-25
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MaTher
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Minter Field, CA
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L
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B-25
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Lerdo
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Muroc, CA
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B-25
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Roswell, NM
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W
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B-25
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RosWell
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Marana, AZ
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S
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B-25
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Sahuaro
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Williams Field, AZ
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Y
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B-25
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HigleY
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Yuma, AZ *
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U
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B-25
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YUma
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* BTO and Radar training
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Army Air Field
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Fuselage Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Brooks Field, TX
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O
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B-25
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BroOks
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Dodge City, KS
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(NLA)
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B-26
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unknown
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Enid, OK
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B
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B-25, B-26
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unknown
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Ft. Worth, TX
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M
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B-26
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unknown
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Laughlin, TX
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#C, #D, 2P
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B-26
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unknown
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Pampa,TX
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#U
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B-25
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unknown
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Randolph Field,TX
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# V #
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B-25
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unknown
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# The letter code was a suffix to
the sequential number (e.g. 202J) #V# The
letter code was an infix to the sequential number (e.g. 3V5) (NLA): No Letter Assigned
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Army Air Field
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Fuselage Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Moody, GA
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unknown
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A-26
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Tuskegee, AL
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TU
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B-25
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TUskegee
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"L" coded B-26 formerly based at Lake Charles AAF, LA
Photo from Collection of W.T. Larkins |
"D" coded B-26 based at Laughlin AAF, TX
USAAF Photo from the
Collection of Ken Crist |
"U" coded B-25's based at Pampa AAF, TX USAAF Photo form the Collection
of Ken Crist
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"L" coded B-25 based at Minter Field, CA
USAAF Photo courtesy of the Ken Crist Collection |
"G" coded B-25's based at Greenville AAF, SC
USAAF Photo from the
Collection of F.M. Hargrave
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"F" coded A-26 based at Florence AAF,SC USAF photo via Invader Hisorical
Foundation
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"T" coded B-25H based at Mather Field, CA (note dual positioned fuselage code)
USAAF Photo |
"K" coded A-26 based at Kellogg AAF, MI USAAF Photo from the Collection
of Tom Michel
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"U" coded B-25 based at Yuma AAF, AZ Photo Courtesy of W.T. Larkins
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"J" coded B-25's based at La Junta AAF, CO
USAAF Photo from the Collection of Ken Crist |
"TU" coded B-25 based at Tuskegee AAF, AL USAAF Photo from the
Collection of Ken Crist
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"B" coded B-26 formerly based at
Barksdale AAF, LA W.T. Larkins Collection
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."T" coded TB-25 based at Turner AAF, GA (Free French A.F. 2-E training) Photo Source: Unknown
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"G" coded TB-25J based at Gunter AAF, GA (Free French A.F. 2-E training) Photo source: Unknown
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"V" coded B-25 based at Randolph Field, TX USAAF Photo from the Collection of Tom Michel
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"W" coded B-25 based at Myrtle Beach AAF, SC Chris Brame Collection
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