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Re: 363rd TRG F-6C Bouncing Baby ID?
Every photo of 111th TRS aircraft I have seen in various books is always the two letters BEHIND the star. They did not use, for example, N5-FF; they used CA, NF, AK only as my examples show earlier, the reason for using the two letters only is unknown to me. They were not codes assigned as such to 8th and 9th Air Force squadrons which did use E2-G, QI-K or whatever. The "always in front of the bar" is also incorrect for at least one 8th Air Force group, as the 364th always put theirs behind the bar on its P-51's. So, for "Mild Max", it is coded NF, nothing else. If you have access to the old Arc-Aircam P-51B and C book, it has several shots of 111th aircraft showing full side views, each shows only a two letter combination. Kenn Rusts book on the 12th Air Force also has a couple.
Kent
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