Orion Field Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) I am having a bear of time researching some aircraft. Some of these I am trying to draw decals for, others I already have decals of them, and its just bugging me that I can't figure out what their BuNos/Serials are for my records. Do you guys have any good resources to find this stuff out? I use Joe Bauer's database very extensively, but sometimes I can't find what I'm looking for there. Here are the aircraft in question: F6F-5 MB213 Maybe ATU-2? F8F-1 B258 Maybe ATU-2? SNB-3Q FP10 FAIRBETUPAC Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Pacific P2V-4 FP21 FAIRBETUPAC Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit, Pacific F4U-4 N51 VMF-155/VMO-155 (John Glenn) F4U-2 212 VMF(N)-532 F6F-3N 10 VMF(N)-534 TBM-3D 63 VT(N)-90 Edited October 9, 2021 by Orion Field Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sabre Freak Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 You mean like some kind of documentation that would show what side number went with which BuNo? Yeah. I'd love to find it too. I've got the opposite problem. I've got a pilots log book that tells me squadron & BuNo. But if I want to model any specific A/C, its a swag on the side number, unless I have a photo where I can make out BuNo. You'd think it was written down somewhere in a squadron. I did request a few Aircraft History Cards hoping it would document the side numbers, but they don't https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-archive/united-states-navy-aircraft-history-cards-microfilm/sova-nasm-xxxx-0462 I feel your pain. If you figure something out, let me know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orion Field Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Yeah, I really hope that somebody can shed some light on this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Well, I have found that the US Navy History website to be of particular value. The Navy used to publish an annual aircraft allocation booklet which had tons of information about what types of aircraft and units were at which bases with tail codes etc. Usually, no BuNos though. For example here if the FY1962 version: fy1962-jan62.pdf (navy.mil) You can truncate the URL to get to the master index. Here is an example from page 102. US Marine Corps Aviation Units. HTH, Dutch Edited February 1, 2022 by Dutch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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