numbers found on usn jeep

[jerry haynes]

i have just got myself anther jeep the bottom colour is green then navy grey on this layer i have found over the back drivers side wheel arch in black there is MAAS 406 then it has been painted forest green with down by the other side foot step is MCAS 406 the hood nomber is on the gray paint in black is USN - - - 000 i have frend is going to photo it so i will be able to post them when i get them anyone know what the maas or mcas is and what is the 406 is this the station the jeep was basedat i got it from a dealer in the uk he got it from Arkansas all the best jerry

[F. R. Fox]

Marine Corps Air Station 406. I'm sure 406 represents location, but am unsure as to where that is.

[Mark Tombleson]

I think the MAAS is a mistake.

Nothing fits it in the USN glossery of abbrevations.

MAA -- Master-At-Arms

MAAF -- Mediterranean Allied Air Force

MAATC -- Mobile Anti-Aircraft Training Center

MAB -- Marine Air Base
...
MCAAS -- Marine Corps Auxiliary Air Station

MCAS is listed and there are lots of them... now and back when.

MCAS -- Marine Corps Air Station

http://www.history.navy.mil/books/opnav20-p1000/M.htm

As to what 406 means... do some research.

Start here and find out if the various bases/stations have a number attached to them. If not maybe a squadron within the base maybe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Un ... tallations

Oh, how about some photos, please?

[Cobra Doc]

The MAAS couldbe from the Korean War. If so, it could stand for Mobile Aircraft Arresting System, and was used on landbased frontline Naval Air Stations, which is why it had to be mobile.

[gearhead]

Those old mobile systems were from All American Engineering (spun off from All American Airways, current USAirways).
These systems were large anchor chains layed out along each side of runway w/connecting cable.
As the aircraft catches the cable it drags more and more anchor chain to slow it down.
The argentinians still used this during the Falklands war.
All American Engineering still builds permanent and portable arresting systems, no anchor chain though!

Ed

[Armyspecial]

Are you sure it's not a N instead of an M.....Naval Auxiliary Air Station? That's what mine is marked up with, black on grey, same location as yours.

[jerry haynes]

Hi i will photo the numbers tomorrow and post them for you i also found a us number plate in the back dated 1948 look
tomorrow all the best jerry