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Re: US Aircraft Movement Cards. Some (MOST!) Answers

Posted by Paul McMillan on Tue Jul 09, 2002 06:14:27 AM

In reply top Re: US Aircraft Movement Cards posted by Buz on Mon Jul 08, 2002 07:30:41 AM

Thanks to the guys at Air Britain!

Hi Paul,
Here are some codes:

> Daub (Indian ?)
Karachi, India
> Pact (China)
Chungking, China
> Left
Brisbane Australia
> Olive
14th AF Asia
> Heath
Africa (Egypt & eastern desert regions)
> Glen
Oran, Algeria
> Sumac (SWPA?)
5th AF?Southwest Pacific & Australia
> Poppy
13th AF, South Pacific, (New Caledonia Task Force)
> Copper
Hawaii
> Blot
French Morocco
> Ache
Cairo, Egypt
> Bevy
Guadacanal Island, Solomon Islands
> Wildflower
8th AF (Belgian-Netherlands coast)
> Maestro
??
> Roses
13th AF South Pacific
> Bent
Calcutta, India
>
> He is also interested in what the following means on the cards.
> 15th SCU
> Project X

Project " X " was the movement of reinforcement/replacement aircraft being
flown from the U.S. of A to the Philippines.

The B.17 on Blck Cat Mountion in Papua New Guinea was one of these aircraft,
and is marked Project X.



> XYZ (Date in month/day/year format) Dar 42-XXX (being either 2 digit
> or 3 digit numbers)
> RPC

> And the meaning for the following (He believes they are aircraft
> MAD
Middletown Air Depot, Middletwon, PA
> SAAD
San Antonio Air Depot, San Antonio, TX
> FAD
Fairfield Air Depot, Fairfield, OH
>
> Can anybody help decyphering these??
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Paul
>
>
>

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