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    P-47 Unit Markings

    This is a summary of my current understanding. At the beginning of the war, no system of Group identification was used. Some aircraft were identified by numbers painted on their fuselage. (Source: Wikipedia. USAAF unit identification aircraft markings.) Initial deliveries of the P47 were to...
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    P-47 Unit Markings

    This is great stuff. Thank you all very much. It is now being suggested that the early 2-digit markings on 78th FG's P-47s related back to "Stateside" and before they were painted out and replaced by the more conventional MX-? Squadron Codes. They certainly seem to have been allocated on some...
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    Spitfire Registration Numbers

    I have the following (partial) Registration Numbers for Spitfire Vb machines being flown by USAAF pilots out of a base near Shrewsbury in early 1943: 176, 660, 837, 838, 3264, 3431, 3939, 4620, and 4821. I'm inclined to think it may be a USAAF Combat Crew Replacement Centre at ex-RAF base...
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    55 OTU Annan

    I have the following (partial) Serial Numbers for Hurricanes operating out of 55 OTU at Annan in November 1942: 7382, 7146, and 7010 Can anyone provide the full Serial Numbers, please? Thank you very much.
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    P-47 Unit Markings

    Many thank to Airframes for the great summary. I, too, would have expected the 2-digit identifier to match the last two digits of the Serial Number. But the attached photograph (based on 56th Fighter Group) is clearly not the case. The Serial Number of the lead aircraft is 16002, but the code on...
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    P-47 Unit Markings

    I am researching the 78th Fighter Group USAAF flying P-47 Thunderbolts, initially from Goxhill and later from Duxford, during the first six months of 1943. From a pilot's contemporary log book, I know that from 6-17 March he was flying aircraft identified by a 4-digit Serial Number. For...
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