Hello all, help please…
I have a Piper L4H Cub as used by the USAAF in WW2 and am currently researching its history. From its record card it appears that it left the USA on the 8th June 1944 destined for BLOG? When it reached BLOG, it was assigned to NAF?
I have a copy of Ken Wakefields book and that doesn’t enlighten me over these particular Army codes. I’m assuming BLOG is either France or Britain, in that case it would probably have arrived in Bristol around the 19th/20th June 1944. Anybody out there know what NAF is? Is Ninth Air Force too obvious???
Rgds
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By: Fournier Boy - 21st April 2007 at 14:17
My mistake, pretty tired when I put that first email together.
The codes I am looking for are BLOT and NAF. BLOT I have since found out is the code for French Morocco, so this leads me to think my aircraft saw service in N.Africa and maybe Sicily through Italy before finding its way into Europe.
So does anybody have any info on the campaign with Piper L4Hs with what would have been with either the 5th or 7th US Armies (or NAF – possibly navy) from mid 1944 onwards. Anything in particular relating to 44-79587 would also be very much appreciated. Any USAAF Africa/Italy historians out there?
By: pimpernel - 19th April 2007 at 00:39
Hi Fournier Boy.
I have not got a clue of what BLOG stands for.
NAF. I think stands for Navel Air Facility (US Navy term for aircraft landing area, ship or land)
Brian.
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April 18, 2007 at 6:22 pm