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

Posted by Paul Silbermann on Wed Jul 10, 2002 10:17:52 AM

In reply top Re: US Aircraft Movement Cards. Some (MOST!) Answers posted by Paul McMillan on Tue Jul 09, 2002 06:14:27 AM

Some more answers -

: > Heath
Cairo, Egypt (as of 1/1/43)

: > Sumac (SWPA?)
Australia (code name cancelled 12/28/42)

: > Poppy
New Caledonia (code name cancelled 11/17/42)

: > Copper
Hawaii (code name cancelled 12/28/42)

: > Wildflower
Great Britain (as of 6/5/42)

: > Maestro
Oahu, HI (as of 1/1/43)

: > Roses
Efate Island (code name cancelled 11/17/42)

: > 15th SCU
15th Statistical Control Unit - unit responsible for maintaining the USAAF aircraft inventory during WWII

The codes are actual from two different systems - the longer words are code names given to most anything needing a code word (OVERLORD, UTAH, GOLD, JUNO, SWORD, and so on are this type of code); the four character codes (BEVY, GLEN, etc) are shipping destination codes used after the beginning of 1943 when the US military realized that every time they sent out a shipment with a code name on it the code was compromised.



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