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ABBREVIATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND CODE NAME S
AASC—Australian Army Service Corps.
ACF—Australian Comforts Fund.
ACHU—Aircrew Holding Unit.
ACM—Air Chief Marshal .
ADEM—Air Defence Eastern Mediter ranean .
ADGB—Air Defence of Great Britain .
Adm—Admiral.
AEAF—Allied Expeditionary Air Force .
AF—Air Force .
AFU—Advanced Flying Unit .
AHQ—Air Headquarters .
AIF—Australian Imperial Force.
ALG—Advanced Landing Ground .
AMHERST Operation—Airborne drop of
S .A .S. troops in Holland, 7th-8th
April 1945 .
ANVIL Operation—Plan for Allied invasion of southern France (late r
DRAGOON, August 1944 )
AOC—Air Officer Commanding.
ARCADIA Conference—At Washington,
December 1941 .
Armd—Armoured.
ARP—Air Raid Precautions.
ASC—Air Support Command .
ASR—Air-Sea Rescue .
ASV—Air-to-Surface Vessel (airborn e
radar search device) .
ATS—Armament Training Station .
AVALANCHE Operation—Allied land ings at Salerno, Italy, September 1943 .
AVM—Air Vice-Marshal.
B—Bomber.
BAF—Balkan Air Force .
BBC—British Broadcasting Corporation .
BCOF—British Commonwealth Occupation Force .
BEF—British Expeditionary Force .
BGS—Brigadier, General Staff .
Bn—Battalion .
BUCO—Build Up Control.
C—Coastal .
CCOS—Combined Chiefs of Staff.
Cd—Command.
C-in-C—Commander-in-Chief.
CIRCUS—Operations by bombers o r
fighter-bombers, escorted by fighter s
and designed primarily to bring enem y
fighters into action .
CLARION Operation—Coordinated
air
strike on German communication s
targets, February 1945 .
Cmdre—Commodore .
COBRA Operation—U .S .
Army offensive
in Normandy, July 1944 .
Comd—Commanded .
Comdg—Commanding .
CORK Operation — Coastal Command
anti-submarine patrols, 1944 .
COSSAC—Chief of Staff to the Suprem e
Allied Commander.
Coy—Company .
Cpl—Corporal .
CROSSBOW—The
campaign against
V-weapons .
CRTS—Commonwealth Reconstructio n
Training Scheme .
CS—Chief of Staff.
Dep—Deputy .
DIADEM—The
assault to effect a unio n
between the main front and the Anzi o
beach-head, May 1944.
Dir—Director .
Div—Division .
Diver—Code name for the V-1 .
Do—Dornier .
DOOMSDAY Operation—Airlift of th e
1st British Airborne Division to Nor way, 8th-27th May 1945.
DRAGOON Operation—The invasion of
southern France, August 1944 .
EATS—Empire Air Training Scheme.
EFTS—Elementary Flying Training
School.
ELS—Emergency
Landing Strip .
F—Fighter .
Fd—Field .
Fit—Flight.
F-Lt—Flight Lieutenant.
F-O—Flying Officer .
F-Sgt—Flight Sergeant.
FW—Focke-Wulf.
GA—Ground Attack .
GAF—German Air Force .
GARDEN Operation—Army
operatio n
in conjunction with MARKET, September 1944.
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Gee—Airborne semi-radar position finding device .
Gen—General.
G-H—Blind-bombing radar device.
GOC—General Officer Commanding.
GOODWOOD Operation — Twenty-first
Army Group offensive south of Caen,
July 1944 .
GP—General Purpose .
Gp—Group .
Gp Capt—Group Captain.
GR—General Reconnaissance .
GYMNAST Operation—Plan for land ings in French North Africa (late r
became TORCH) .
H2S—Airborne-position-finding device .
HCU—Heavy Conversion Unit.
He—Heinkel .
HE—High Explosive .
HOARDING—German long-range air craft reporting device .
HQ—Headquarters.
HURRICANE Operation—Plan for co ordinated air strike on German communications targets, 1944 .
HUSKY Operation—The invasion o f
Sicily, July 1943 .
Inf—Infantry .
ITS—Initial Training School .
JAPEO—Joint
Air Plan and Executiv e
Order.
JATP—Joint
Air Training Plan .
Ju—Junkers .
KT Ship—Kriegstransport.
LG—Landing Ground.
LR—Long Range .
LRB—Long-Range Bomber .
Lt—Lieutenant.
Lt-Gen—Lieut-General .
MAAF—Mediterranean
Allied Air
Forces.
MACAF—Mediterranean Allied Coasta l
Air Force .
MANDREL—Method of radio jammin g
enemy early-warning system .
MARKET Operation—Airborne landings
at Arnhem, September 1944 .
MASAF—Mediterranean Allied Strategic
Air Force .
MATAF—Mediterranean Allied Tactica l
Air Force.
Me—Messerschmitt.
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ME—Middle East .
MF—Beacons used to transmit information to German fighters.
MFCU—Mobile Fighter Control Unit .
Mk—Mark .
MOVCO—Movement Control.
NAAF—North-West African Air Forces .
NAAFI—Navy, Army and Air Force
Institutes .
NASAF—North-West
African Strategi c
Air Force .
Nav—Navigator .
NCO—Non-commissioned Officer.
NF—Night Fighter.
NOBALL—Campaign against V-weapo n
sites and supply depots .
Oboe—Target-marking and blind bombing device utilising radio beams .
OBU—Operational Base Unit .
Offr—Officer .
OKW — (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) . The High Command of th e
German Armed Forces .
Ops—Operations .
ORB—Operations Record Book .
Ord—Ordnance.
OTU—Operational Training Unit.
OVERLORD Operation—The Allied invasion of France, June 1944 .
PDRC—Personnel
Dispatch and Recep-
tion Centre.
PFF—Pathfinder Force .
PLUNDER Operation—Crossing o f
Rhine, 23rd March 1945 .
P-O—Pilot Officer .
POINTBLANK—The 1943 directive fo r
the combined bomber offensive.
POL—Petrol, Oil and Lubricants .
POW—Prisoner of War .
QUADRANT Conference—At
Quebec,
August 1943 .
RAAF—Royal Australian Air Force .
RAF—Royal Air Force .
RAN—Royal Australian Navy .
RAMROD—An operation similar t o
CIRCUS, except that its principl e
objective was the destruction of the
target.
RCAF—Royal Canadian Air Force .
Regt—Regiment.
RNVR—Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve .
RNZAF—Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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TI—Target Indicator.
RODEO—Fighter sweeps over enem y
TORCH Operation—The Allied invasio n
territory without bombers .
ROUND-UP Operation Planned operaof North-West Africa, November 1942 .
tion against the coast of France (late r
TOTALIZE Operation — The Canadia n
became OVERLORD) .
RP—Rocket Projectile.
R and RS—Refuelling and Rearming
Strips.
R-T—Radio-Telephone.
SAAF—South African Air Force .
SAS—Special Air Service .
SASO—Senior Air Staff Officer.
SCAEF—Supreme Commander Allie d
Expeditionary Force.
SE—Single engined.
SEA—South-East Asia.
SEO—Senior Education Officer.
SEXTANT Conference—At Cairo ,
November 1943 .
SHAEF—Supreme Headquarters Allie d
Expeditionary Force .
SLEDGEHAMMER Operation—Plan for
a landing on the Continent to secur e
a limited bridgehead.
SM—Savoia-Marchetti.
SOE—Special Operations Executive .
Sqn—Squadron .
Sqn Ldr—Squadron Leader .
Stn—Station .
STRANGLE—Air interdiction campaig n
on enemy communications, Italy 1944 .
TAC—Tactical Air Command .
TAF—Tactical Air Force .
TCC—Troop Carrier Command .
TE—Twin engined .
Army offensive at Falaise, August
1944.
TR—Tactical Reconnaissance .
TRACTABLE Operation—The Canadian
Army offensive at Falaise, August
1944.
TRIDENT Conference—At Washington ,
May 1943.
USAAF—United States Army Air Force .
USSTAF—United States Strategic Ai r
Forces in Europe.
VARSITY Operation—Airborne
operation for crossing the Rhine, 23r d
March 1945 .
VHF—Very High Frequency .
WAAAF—Women's Auxiliary Australia n
Air Force .
WAG—Wireless-Air Gunner.
WANGANUI Flares—Method of sky marking a target by coloured markers
dropped blindly on H2S .
Cdr—Wing Commander.
WINDOW—Metallized strips dropped by
W
aircraft to disrupt enemy radar systems.
W-O—Warrant Officer .
W-T—Wireless Telegraphy, Wireless
Telegraphist.
YMCA—Young Men's Christian Association .