Mather Field used the "T". https://www.fuselagecodes.com/id70.html
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Thank you for your answer and for the idea to check that site (I completely forgot it!) IMHO those are the "old style" markings with the T-xxx (or other letters) shown. Like this B-25D - definitely from Mather field:
Or this one (probably MF as well even if the photo was made in Texas):
But I believe towards the end of the war they changed the markings at least 2 times to come with some different designs like the one below:
Or this B-25J (one of the last produced) from the 334-th BG at Greenville Army Air Base:
Or this a/c with 2 letters and 1 digit only:
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South African pilots and crew taking a captured Italian Caproni 133 bomber from Mogadishu to South
Africa. This is at Broken Hill (Kabwe), Zambian Central Province. South African ace Cornelius Arthur van
Vliet, flying the plane down, is the man at the left.
27 March 1941.
Africa. This is at Broken Hill (Kabwe), Zambian Central Province. South African ace Cornelius Arthur van
Vliet, flying the plane down, is the man at the left.
27 March 1941.
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TBM Avenger flying over Mount Suribachi shortly after the island was declared secure in March 1945 FACB
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On a Bouge-class carrier are Dauntlesses, Hellcats, and Avengers summer of 1943 INHG
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Nancy Love and Betty Gillies, founders of the WASPs INHG
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Two SB2-3 s of VMSB-241 take off for a training flight shortly before the Battle of Midway USMC
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1928, I doubt it; it seems to be in a PT 19 which entered service in 1940.
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Hurricane V7430, piloted by Pilot Officer R.J. Goode, is shot down on 28 March 1941 in Pwales Valley,
Malta. Goode apparently is the 33d victim of Luftwaffe ace Joachim Müncheberg of JG 26.
Malta. Goode apparently is the 33d victim of Luftwaffe ace Joachim Müncheberg of JG 26.
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The Short Sunderland Mark I (N9029, NM-V) of RAF No. 230 Squadron which was used by Flight
Lieutenant A Lywood to spot the Italian fleet on the 27th. His report led to the Battle of Cape Matapan
on 28 March 1941.
Lieutenant A Lywood to spot the Italian fleet on the 27th. His report led to the Battle of Cape Matapan
on 28 March 1941.
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This Fairey Albacore Mark I of RAF No. 826 Squadron is the first plane to take off from HMS Formidable
on the morning of 28 March 1941. The start of the Battle of Cape Matapan.
on the morning of 28 March 1941. The start of the Battle of Cape Matapan.
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RAF No. 826 and 829 Squadron Fairey Albacores on board HMS Formidable, morning of 28 March 1941.
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A group of U.S. airmen, who have formed their own unit, the Eagle Squadron, pass one of their planes as they walk to their quarters at an Royal Air Force field, somewhere in England, March 29, 1941. They are from left to right : Charles E. Bateman, San Gabriel, California; William H. Nichols, San Carlos, California; Stanley M. Kolendorski, Lakehurst, New Jersey; W.E.G. Taylor, New York City; Andrew Mamedoff, Thompson, Connecticut; Eugene Q. Tobin, Los Angeles; Nathaniel Maranz, New York City, Luke E. Allen, Ignatio, Colorado; Two unidentified men; Gregory A. Daymond, San Francisco and Sam A. Mauriello, Astoria, New York with the exception of Taylor, who is a Squadron Leader, the men are all Pilot-Officers.
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May 1945, three PV-1 Ventura patrol planes prepared for take-off at Port Lyautey, French Morocco FACB
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The blue tail indicates assignment to Battleship Division Three (BATDIV Three), the aircraft are from VO-3. The solid white nose indicating the lead aircraft of the second section INHG
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A B-17 carrying two JB-2 Loon missiles FACB
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That just looks cool.
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I thought so too!
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Just a bit of trivia for those obcessed with trim, the vertical white fuselage stripes do not signify any thing but necessity. The fabric on the SB2U fuselages was deteriorating and there was not enough fabric to recover them, so the widest tape from the medics was used to repair the seems at the formers.
Good shots!
