winchester m1 carbine serial number lookup

1944 depending on whose records are used, and it was reported sent to the OSS Singapore on Dec. I can't FIND the 471st AvSq on Google, so I have no idea where or when they operated and what they did. 1943 so it might have been elsewhere for three years. Remember that this weapon was produced around Dec.

I would like to find the history of the 471st Aviation Squadron to see what they were doing in 1946.perhaps they were rsponsible for rounding up weapons and sending them for Arsenal work or something else and in their area of responsibility, they received several weeks/months of Saginaw's output and in fact, they never were actually ISSUED those weapons, but were responsible for rounding them up. Now common sense tells me that if thousands of sequential numbers show up in the hands of ONE outfit at ANY time, it is LIKELY that this outfit obtained them all at once and perhaps then we can assume they were in the hands of that agency direct from the factory. 1946 to be in the hands of the 'USAAF 471st Aviation Squadron'.

This will not necessarily tell you where your weapon was sent from the factory or from an arsenal, but will tell you where it was reported from if it did, in fact get reported.Ī weapon reported by an agency because it was issued, repaired, reported lost/stolen/recovered or other reasons do not always tell you where it was used/issued in the first place.Īn example of my Saginaw 3,450,xxx shows it and MANY others a few thousand on either side of it were REPORTED in Dec. The records indicate the DATE/WHO/WHERE on which the information was entered into the records. Just a quick tip on using the Springfield Research site to obtain info on your weapons.

Winchester m1 carbine serial number lookup