Here's some information about
aircraft tactical numbers in USMC air squadrons.
It may help to modeller's to identify an aircraft or to choose decal markings
for model.
| Squadron | Squadron nick | Tail code | Aircraft type | BuNo | Year | War (conflict) |
| VMF-124 | F4U-1 | 1942 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-211 | F4F-3 | 1941 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-213 | F4U-1 | 1942 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-214 | Black Sheep | F4U-1 | 1942 | WW II, Pacific | ||
| VMF-215 | F4U-1 | 1943 | ||||
| VMF-221 | 117 | F4U-1D | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-222 | F4U-1 | 1943 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-223 | F4U-1A | 1944 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-311 | F4U-1C | 1943 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF-321 | Hell's Angels | 048 | F4U-1B | 1943 | WW II, Pacific | |
| VMF-451 | 182 | FG-1D | 1944 | WW II, Pacific | ||
| VMF-512 | FG-1D | 1945 | WW II, Pacific | |||
| VMF(N)-532 | 608 | F4U-2 | 1944 | WW II, Pacific | ||
| VMA-121 | AK | AD-2/3/4 | Korea | |||
| VMA-251 | AL | AD-3/4/4B | Korea | |||
| VMA-332 | MR-4 | F4U-4B | Korea | |||
| VMA-332 | MR-6 | F4U-4B | Korea | |||
| VMA-332 | MR-20 | F4U-4B | Korea | |||
| VMA-332 | MR-22 | F4U-4B | Korea | |||
| VMC-1 | RM | AD-4N/NL/2Q/4W | Korea | |||
| VMF(N)-513 | Flying Nightmares | WF-16 | F4U-5N | 123101 | Korea | |
| VMF(N)-513 | Flying Nightmares | WF-17 | F4U-5N | Korea | ||
| VMF(N)-513 | Flying Nightmares | WF-19 | F4U-5N | 1950 | Korea | |
| VMF(N)-513 | Flying Nightmares | WF-22 | F4U-5N | Korea | ||
| VMF(N)-513 | Flying Nightmares | WF-24 | F7F-3N | Korea | ||
| VMF(N)-513 | Flying Nightmares | WF-24 | F3D-2 | 1952 | Korea | |
| VMF(N)-542 | WH | F4U-5N/F7F-3N | Korea | |||
| VMF/A-212 | LD | F4U-4/AU-1 | Korea | |||
| VMF/A-323 | WS-22 | AU-1 | 1950 | Korea | ||
| VMF-115 | AL | F9F-2/4/5 | Korea | |||
| VMF-214 | Black Sheep | WE-11 | F4U-4B | 1950 | Korea | |
| VMF-311 | WL-2 | F9F-2B | Korea | |||
| VMF-312 | Checkerboard | WR-6 | F4U-4B | 1..779 | 1951 | Korea |
| VMF-312 | Checkerboard | WR-10 | F4U-4B | * | Korea | |
| VMJ-1 | MW-3 | F2H-2P | 125689 | Korea | ||
| VMA-121 | Green Knights | VK | A-4C | 1966 | Vietnam | |
| VMA-211 | Wake Island Avengers | CF | A-4E | 1965-73 | Vietnam | |
| VMA-214 | Black Sheep | WE-0 | A-4C | 8549 | 1965-67 | Vietnam |
| VMA-223 | Bulldogs | WP-4 | A-4E | 1052 | 1965-70 | Vietnam |
| VMA-224 | Bengals | WK | A-4E | 1965-66 | Vietnam | |
| VMA-225 | CE | A-4C | 1965 | Vietnam | ||
| VMA-311 | Tomcats | WL | A-4E | 1965-73 | Vietnam | |
| H&MS-11 | TM | TA-4F | 1967-73 | Vietnam | ||
| H&MS-12 | WA | TA-4F | 1967-73 | Vietnam | ||
| H&MS-13 | YU | TA-4F | 1967-73 | Vietnam | ||
| VMA-225 | Vikings | CE | A-6E | 197. | ||
| VMAQ-3 | MO-04 | EA-6B | 160437 | 199. | ||
| HMM-266 | AV-8B | 1999 | Serbia | |||
| VMFA-312 | Checkerboards | AC-204 | F/A-18C | 1999 | Iraq | |
| HMM-365 | AH-1W | 1999 |
Sources of information
provided here:
J.Scutts "Marines' Mighty Midget over Vietnam",
"Aviation
History", No. 5/1996,
C.Piotrowski, P.Taras "Korea 1950-53", "Kampanie lotnicze 3",
Books International, 1994,
Vought F4U Corsair, "Aeroserie" No.2, Indrik, Moscow, 1993,
U.S.Navy Official Web Site, 1997-99,
and various private and published photos.
If you have any information which could complete this data, please contact my email: webmaster@seabirds.po.ru