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"B" Coded B-26 Marauder based at Barksdale AAF, LA Photo depicts crew members
of the Free French Air Force USAAF Photo |
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The twin engine bomber training
aircraft displayed every format of letter coding defined by the USAAF (i.e. prefix, infix and suffix). However there was one
variation to the prefix that was utilized on some of the B-26 and A-26 aircraft as follows.. As in the photo above you will note the unusual sequence of "B F3". It is indeed a prefix notation
and the interpretation is as follows: The "B" represented the name of the base (i.e. Barksdale AAF) , "F"
signified the training group and "3" stood for the aircraft number within that training group. p
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A. Transition Training
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Army Air Field
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Field 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, A-26
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Barksdale
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Columbia, SC
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B-25, A-26
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Dodge City, KS
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B-26
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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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Godman,KY
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T
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B-25
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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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Keesler, LA
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K
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A-26
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Keesler
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Gunter Field, AL
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B-25
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Gunter
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Lake Charles, LA
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L
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B-25, B-26, A-26
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Lake Charles
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MacDill, FL
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B-26
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Marianna, FL
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K
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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, B-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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Turner AAF, GA
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T
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B-25
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Turner
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# The field letter
code was a suffix to the field number code (e.g. 123G)
Historical Notes - The Free
French Air Force performed 2-E transition training at Gunter, Dodge City and OTU at Selfridge.
- B-25 transition training
was conducted at Temple AAF which was a Sub-Base of Waco AAF.
- In July of 1944 Turner AAF became a B-25 transition training
base with 183 B-25's.and 38 AT-10's.
- Dodge City AAF
no longer exists as its original site has been converted into an animal feed lot.
B. Advanced 2-E and Specialized 2-E
USAAF Western Flying Training Command
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Army Air Field
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Field 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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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
USAAF Central Flying Training Command
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Army Air Field
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Field 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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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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Keesler, MS
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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, #P#
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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-18, B-25
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unknown
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Waco, TX
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# R #
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B- 26
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unknown
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Notes on Field Letter codes: - # C indicates that the letter code was
a suffix to the sequential number (e.g. 202 C)
- # R # indicates that the field letter code was an Infix (e.g. 2 R 8)
USAAF Eastern Flying Training Command
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Army Air Field
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Field Letter Code
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Aircraft
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Code Letter Source
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Marianna,Fl
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K
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A-26
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unknown
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Moody, GA
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M
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A-26
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Moody
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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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Note: Both Marianna AAF and Moody AAF were dedicated to CCTS
for the A-26 * NLA: No Letter
Assigned Photo Gallery Western Flying Training
Command
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"L" coded B-25 based at Minter Field, CA
USAAF Photo courtesy of the Ken Crist Collection |
"T" coded B-25H based at Mather Field, CA (note dual positioned fuselage code)
USAAF Photo |
"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 |
Central Flying Traning Command
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Infix "V" coded B-25 based at Randolph Field, TX USAAF Photo from the Collection of Tom Michel
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Infix "V" coded B-18 based at
Randolph Field, TX Source: Collection
of Rich Dann
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"U" coded B-25's based at Pampa AAF, TX USAAF Photo form the Collection
of Ken Crist
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"D"
coded B-26 based at Laughlin AAF, TX USAAF Pnoto from Collection of Ken Crist |
Infix "P" coded B-26 based at
Laughlin AAF, TX Collection of Ken Crist
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Infix "R" coded B-26's based
at Waco, TX USAAF Photo
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"K" coded A-26 based at Keesler AAF, MS USAAF photo from the Collection of Chris Brame
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Eastern Flying Training Command
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"TU" coded B-25 based at Tuskegee AAF, AL USAAF Photo from the
Collection of Ken Crist
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"K" coded A-26B based at Marianna AAF, FL CCTS training USAAF
Photo from the Collection of Tom Michel
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Transition Training (General)
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"B" coded B-26C based at Barksdale AAF,
LA Chris
Brame Collection
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"B" coded A-26B based at Barksdale AAF, LA Collection of Chris Brame |
"F" coded A-26 based at Florence AAF,SC USAF photo via Invader Hisorical
Foundation
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"G" coded B-25's based at Greenville AAF, SC
USAAF Photo from the
Collection of F.M. Hargrave
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"G" coded TB-25J based at Gunter AAF, GA (Free French A.F. 2-E training) Photo source: USAAF
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"T" coded B-25 based at Godman AAF, KY
USAAF photo (Chris Brame Collection)
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"L" coded B-26 formerly based at Lake Charles AAF, LA
Photo from Collection of W.T. Larkins |
"L" coded A-26 based at Lake Charles AAF, LA Source: Invader
Historical Foundation
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Infix "L" coded B-25 based at Lake Charles AAF, LA Official
USAAF Photo
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"W" coded B-25 based at Myrtle Beach AAF, SC Chris Brame Collection
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"SJ" coded B-26 based at Seymour-Johnson AAF, NC Collection of Chris Brame
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."T" coded TB-25 based at Turner AAF, GA (Free French A.F. 2-E training) Photo Source: USAAF
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