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Re: USAAF - IARC codes SOXO, GLUE etc.
Hi.
This an update regarding overseas destination codes for the IARC individual aircraft records.
All input and from this community would be great to correct any errors in the list.When reviewing IARC records found clues and hints of some the plausible overseas destination codes but also those clues that confirmed the destination.
Robert A. Mann's book.
Also checked with ATC routes of what could be plausible.
Also where the main air depots was located in U.S. respective theater of operation and A/C accident records etc.
ACHE - 9AF, BENINA, LIBYA
ACID - 13AF, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC (SWPAC), AUSTRALIA
ARCH - 7AF, CENTRAL PACIFIC
BADE - 6AF, CANAL ZONE
BANG - ZONE III NORTHERN IRELAND
BARN - 6AF, PUERTO RICO
BELCHER - 7AF, CENTRAL PACIFIC
BENT - 10AF, CALCUTTA, INDIA
BERRY - BERRY AIRPORT, NASHVILLE, TN
BIRCH - 7AF, CENTRAL PACIFIC, FORMERLY IRON
BLEACHER - 7AF, CENTAL PACIFIC
BRONZE - 11AF, ALASKA
BLOT - 8AF?
BOLERO - 8AF, England, in mid-1942 era.
CHEROKEE - 14AF, KUNMING, CHINA
CULVERT - 14AF, CHUNGKING, CHINA
DAUB - 10AF, CALCUTTA, INDIA
DUKO - 12AF - ITALY
DUVA - 5AF, GUAM
ELMS - 12AF, MTO, ALGIERS, ALGIERIA
EPIC - 7AF, 13AF, SOUTH PACIFIC, Pekoa Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
EXAM - JOINT TASK FORCE #3, ENIWETOK
FAD - FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT, DAYTON, OHIO
FULCRUM - 13AF, SOUTH PACIFIC
GAD - GUAM AIR DEPOT. ESTABLISHED EARLY SUMMER IN 1944
GLEN - 12AF, MTO, ORAN ALGERIA
GLUE - 9AF, ENGLAND, ZONE II, ETO October 1943-1945, southern portions of England and Wales, and the ports of the Bristol Channel and Plymouth, Southampton, and London.
GRUMPY - 6AF, BALBOA, PANAMA, CANAL ZONE
HAD - 7AF, HAWAIIAN AIR DEPOT, HICKAM FIELD, HAWAII
HEATH - 9AF EGYPT, PROJECT 337
IRON - 7AF, OHAU ISLAND, HAWAII
LEFT - 5AF, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
MANCHESTER - GRENIER ARMY AIRFIELD, NEW HAMPSHIRE?
MAD - MIDDLETOWN AIR DEPOT, PENNSYLVANIA
MERCURY - 6AF, CARIBBEAN
NABOB - NORTHERN IRELAND
OBEY - 13AF, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
OCIDENT - ?
OILY - ?
OHAM - 15AF, BARI, ITALY
PACT - 14AF, CHUNGKING, CHINA, FORMERLY "CULVERT"
PAD - 6AF, PANAMA AIR DEPOT, ALBROOK FIELD
PECAN - 6AF
PEWTER - ?
POPPY - 13AF, AIR DEPOT, SOUTH PACIFIC
PLUMB - 13AF, PHILIPPINES
SOXO - ZONE I London and Banbury, and thus embraced the Clyde and Mersey River ports (chiefly Glasgow, Liverpool & Manchester, Humber River ports of Hull and Immingham on the eastern seaboard.
SAAD - SAN ANTONIO AIR DEPOT, TEXAS
SAD - SACRAMENTO AIR DEPOT, CALIFORNIA
SILVER - 6AF, CARIBBEAN
SUMAC - 5AF, TOWNSVILLE AIR DEPOT, AUSTRALIA OR Dobodura Airfield Complex, NEW GUINEA?
TUNA - 6AF, CARIBBEAN
UGLY - GREAT BRITAIN, JULY 1943, was to be employed when the zone of destination was unknown or im-material.
UMNAK - 11AF, ADAK, ALASKA?
WILDFLOWER - 8AF, GREAT BRITAIN
Last edited by JohanSWE; 11th June 2026 at 09:22.
Reason: update
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