The U.S. Government purchased 1,506 LC Smiths for aerial training...purchased through Rochester Ordnance...serial number range 197,321--May 9, 1942.....thru.....202,813--April 9, 1943
Field Grade 1,477
Ideal Grade 20
Wild Foul 9
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Total 1,506
These guns were marked on the barrel flats with USA and USAF (US Army Forces) and a flaming ordnance bomb usually...........and commonly seen for sale at various sites.........(the U.S. Air Force did not come to be until 1948----prior to '48 it was the U.S. Army Air Corps)