Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 92 Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 10:59 pm Post subject: Air force M38
Hello
I have a friend who's father served in the Air force and would like to mark an M38 in his dad's unit. In early Korea conflict days, 1951, did the Air force use M38s and where they OD green or Strata blue?
Joined: Feb 17, 2012 Posts: 530 Location: Del City, OK
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:06 am Post subject:
The color depended on whether the vehicle was at a US base or overseas...
If Stateside it would lean more towards the Strata Blue... other wise it would be green...
State side SAC units tended to go with the Blue, as they were reallt pushed to be Air Force...
This is not documented, just personal experience from '74 thru '94...
If you do go Blue, the tellow is available from most good hobby stores from Testor's and is Insignia Yellow... it comes in small spray cans just the right size for painitn markings...
Hope this helps... _________________ Hal, KB1ZQ
TSGT, USAF (Ret)
1952 M-38 CDN CAR 52-31313
1952 M-100 Strick #104
1951 Willys Wagon (For Sale)
1954 Willys M38A1 201001205
Tornado Alley
Del City, OK
The earliest documented M38 in Korea is Aug 1952. The primary jeep in Korea from 1950 thru the armistice 1953 was the MB/GPW. The summer 52 M38 arrivals rarely saw front line use. Same with the fall 52 M38A1 test introduction in Korea and the regular introduction of the A1 in spring 1953.
The M38 was procured in OD2430 thru the Army procurement system. The USAF used the jeep in both OD2430 and Strata Blue. Only evidence of USAF Strata Blue use at Willys shows up in late 1952 when the USAF started requesting Strata Blue on it's M38A1's and their new registration numbering system. It is possible this spilled over to the last of the m38's but only remnant samples of blue tubs exist as evidence that may have happened. As mentioned above overseas units and stateside units subject to rapid tactical deployment left them OD.
Joined: Mar 12, 2008 Posts: 92 Location: Oro Valley, Arizona
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:48 am Post subject:
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