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"ON" coded B-24 based at Liberal AAF, KS Official USAAF Photo from Collection of W.T. Larkins |
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A. OTU / RTU Training
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Army Air Field
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Fuselage Letter Code
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Tail Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Alexandria, LA
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AL, X
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B-17
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ALexandra
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Ardmore, OK
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AR
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B-17
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ARdmore
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Avon Park, FL
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A
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A
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B-17
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Avon
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Barksdale Field, LA
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B
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B-17
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Barksdale
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Biggs, TX
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EL
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B-17, B-29
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EL
Paso
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Bruning, NE
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Y
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B-24
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unknown
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Clovis, NM
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DA
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B-17
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unknown
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Dalhart, TX
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B-17
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Deming, NM
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B-29
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Drew Field, FL
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D
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D
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B-17
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Drew
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Dyersburg, TN
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DY, then Y
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B-17
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DYersburg
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Fairmont, NE
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FA
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B-24, B-29
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FAirmont
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Ft. Sumner, NM
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B-17, B-24
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Gulfport, LA
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P
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B-17
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GulfPort
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Harvard, NE
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B-17, B-24, B-29
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MacDill Field, FL
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M
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M
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B-17
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MacDill
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Moses Lake, WA
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BM
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B-17
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unknown
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Pueblo, CO
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NLA
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NLA
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B-24
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Numbers only
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Pyote, TX
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PY
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B-17
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PYote
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Rapid City, SD
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RC
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B-17
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Rapid
City
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Randolph Field, TX
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# V #
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B-29
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unknown
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Sioux City, IA
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SC
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B-17
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Sioux City
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#
The letter code was a suffix to the assigned sequential number (e.g. 301M) # V # The letter code was an infix to the assigned sequential number (e.g. 2V15)
(NLA): No Letter Assigned B. Advanced 4-E and Specialized 4-E
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Army Air Field
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Fuselage Letter Code
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Tail Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Hobbs, NM
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H
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H
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B-17
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Hobbs
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Keesler Field, MS
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K
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B-24, B-32
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Keesler
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Kirtland Field, NM
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C
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B-29
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unknown
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Muroc, CA
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B-24
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unknown
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Roswell, NM
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W
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B-17, B-29
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RosWell
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Williams, AZ
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Y
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B-17
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HigleY
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Historical
Note: Hobbs AAF was home to 162 B-17's and post war it became a storage facility for 1600 surplus A/C.
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Army Air Field
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Field Letter Code
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Tail Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Courtland, AL
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B-24
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Ft. Worth, TX
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OM
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B-24, B-32
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unknown
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Liberal, KS
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ON
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B-24
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unknown
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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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Hendricks Field, FL
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H
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B-17
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Hendricks
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Lockbourne, OH
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(NLA)
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B-17
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Maxwell, AL
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B-24, B-29
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Smyrna, TN
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SM
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B-24
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SMyrna
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OTU/ RTU Training
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"EL" coded B-17 based at Biggs AAF,
TX USAAF Photo from the Collection of Ken Crist
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"EL" coded B-29 based at Biggs Field, TX Photo from the Collection of
Tom Michel
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"FA" coded B-29 based at Fairmont AAF, NE Official USAAF Photo
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"M" coded B-17G based at MacDill Field,
FL USAAF Photo
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"PY" coded B-17 based at Pyote AAF, TX
Official USAAF Photo from the Collection of
Alan Hammons |
"V" infix coded B-29 based at Randolph Field,
TX USAAF Photo
from the Collection of Tom Michel
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"RC" coded B-17 based at Rapid City AAF, SD USAAF Photo from the Collection of Ken Crist
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Western Flying Training Command
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"K" coded B-32 based at Keesler AAF, LA USAAF Photo
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"W" coded B-17's based at Roswell AAF, NM
Official USAAF Photo courtesy of the Walker Aviation Museum, NM |
"H" coded B-17 formerly based at Hobbs AAF, NM USAAF Photo from the Collection of Chris Brame
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"C" coded TB-29 formerly based at Kirtland
Field, NM USAAF
Photo
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"W" coded B-29 based at Roswell
AAF, NM Source: USAAF Photo from Collection
of Ken Crist
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Central Flying Training Command
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"ON" coded B-24 based at
Liberal AAF, KS W.T. Larkins Photo
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"OM" coded B-24D based at Ft.
Worth AAF, TX Photo from the Collection of Chris Brame
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