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.

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