USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, commonly called "tail markings" after their most frequent location, were numbers, letters, geometric symbols...

Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for visual identification. Types of aircraft markings include: Aircraft registration...

codes USAAF unit identification aircraft markings "USAAF squadron codes". worldwarphotos.info. Retrieved November 21, 2022. USAAF Training Aircraft Fuselage...

World War II United States Strategic Bombing Survey USAAF unit identification aircraft markings Air Force Space Command Three examples of the negative...

serial number identification. Aircraft serials are part of the Aircraft Visual Identification System, which also includes the aircraft's tail code and...

J. (10 March 1999). "USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers – 1908 to Present". American Military Aircraft. Archived from the original on 30...

the unit and aircraft identification markings of a B-17 of the 324th Bomb Squadron (Heavy), with the squadron code "DF" and individual aircraft letter...

originally assigned the Victor (unit-assigned identification) number 13 but on August 1 was given the square P tail markings of the 39th Bomb Group as a security...

reported to have been a machine carrying the markings of a 392nd Bomb Group aircraft. However this unit did not become operational until 9 December. On...

camouflage schemes. There are trade-offs between camouflage and aircraft recognition markings, and between camouflage and weight. Accordingly, visible light...

originally assigned the Victor (unit-assigned identification) number 3 but on August 1 was given the large 'A' tail markings of the 497th Bomb Group as a...

enormous aircraft manufacturing capacity, but their output was at this point being monopolized by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and United...

destroyed 35,783 enemy aircraft and the RAF claimed 21,622[citation needed], for a total of 57,405 German aircraft claimed destroyed. The USAAF dropped 1.46 million...

base. Only one helicopter was used, with Norwegian markings on the left side and English markings on the right side, then only shown with the Norwegians...

suffered accordingly. Aircraft markings were used to distinguish friend from foe. There were several changes in identification markings from 1935 until the...

attached to USAAF squadrons. Seven flying squadrons, an operational training unit, and two special duties flights were equipped with the aircraft by the end...

website. Retrieved 19 April 2018. Curtis, Howard J. (2019). Military Aircraft Markings 2019. Manchester: Crécy Publishing Ltd. p. 104. ISBN 9781910809204...

originally assigned the Victor (unit-assigned aircraft identification) number 1 but on August 1 was given the large 'A' tail markings of the 497th Bomb Group...

evaluation at Göttingen. The aircraft were repainted with German markings and bright yellow noses, tails, and bellies for identification. A number of P-51B/P-51Cs...

The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings, 1994 Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Washington, DC: U.S. Government...

90% of USAAF bombardiers and navigators trained in these aircraft. In the early postwar era, the Beech 18 was the pre-eminent "business aircraft" and "feeder...

convoys in the Black Sea. These units fought against the USAAF and RAF during their raids against Romania. The ARR flew aircraft from Germany and Poland, with...

originally given the Victor (unit-assigned identification) number 7 but on 1 August was given the triangle N tail markings of the 444th Bombardment Group...

the same month, the USAAF 8th Bomber Command set up a headquarters in the United Kingdom ready for the deployment of American units to Britain. Roosevelt...

the new USAAF star (refer to: USAAF unit identification aircraft markings) that was earlier painted over the RAF emblem on the Spitfire V aircraft of the...

Air Force use a roundel, a circular identification mark, painted on aircraft to identify them to other aircraft and ground forces. In one form or another...

University in Beijing, China. This aircraft was manufactured by Northrop Aircraft, Hawthorne, California, and accepted by the USAAF on 5 February 1945. It was...

because of the distinctive crimson unit identification marking predominantly applied on the tail section of the unit's aircraft. A B-25 bomb group, the 477th...

other special occasions or for display purposes. National markings are applied to all aircraft, with the national roundel consisting of concentric blue...

originally assigned the Victor (unit-assigned identification) number 4 but on August 1 was given the large 'A' tail markings of the 497th Bomb Group as a...