"Guy Alcala" wrote in message
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I'd like to point that they weren't, strictly speaking, generic callsigns.
Where Marshall didn't use the actual callsigns, it was because he was
working
from Red Baron event reports as opposed to other sources. Red Baron
doesn't
use the actual callsigns; rather it assigns callsigns by type of mission,
to
de-personalize the combats. So, all MiGCAP/escort flights are given names
of
U.S. cities (Ocala, Boulder, Tucson, etc.), strike flights receive metal
element or alloy callsigns (Copper, Iron, Bronze, etc.) and all support
flights, e.g. chaffers, weasels and H/K, jammers etc., receive fish names
(Tuna, Trout, Marlin etc.) These callsigns are used once only in Red
Baron,
so there's no duplication. Here's some typical Red Baron event listings
(picked out from the Red Baron III event summary) of otherwise well-known
combats:
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For actual callsigns on the F-105 MiG kills see the table at:
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7002/mig_kill.html . At least I think
they are the actual ones. Some were still in use when I was there later.

Tex