Re: Thanks Sam and Ed

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Posted ByVic Walzel on December 11, 19104 at 13:58:49:

In Reply to: Thanks Sam and Ed posted byTom Bradley on December 11, 19104 at 11:45:27:

: You guys gave me some good leads--much appreciated. I have a couple of really stupid questions:
: 401st 614th Bombardment 1943-1945 IW
: Can you tell me what the IW code refers to? Can't seem to find the legend to the codes and it's not in the AAF dictionary. Is this a correct assumption, as far as how things were classed: Bomb Group, Squadron, Division, Wing, Unit. Thanks from a greenhorn. Tom

Hi Tom,

IW was the squadron identification of the 614th Squadron. Not sure of the location earlier, but around May of 1944, the letters were painted on the fuselage. The other squadrons of the 401st Bomb Group were 612th SC, 613th IN, and 615th IY.

Vic

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Comments:: : You guys gave me some good leads--much appreciated. I have a couple of really stupid questions: : : 401st 614th Bombardment 1943-1945 IW : : Can you tell me what the IW code refers to? Can't seem to find the legend to the codes and it's not in the AAF dictionary. Is this a correct assumption, as far as how things were classed: Bomb Group, Squadron, Division, Wing, Unit. Thanks from a greenhorn. Tom : : Hi Tom, : IW was the squadron identification of the 614th Squadron. Not sure of the location earlier, but around May of 1944, the letters were painted on the fuselage. The other squadrons of the 401st Bomb Group were 612th SC, 613th IN, and 615th IY. : Vic

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