Glossary Of Terms
AAA -- Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AA -- Anti-aircraft
AAF -- Army Air Force
AAFB -- Army Air Force Base
A/C or a/c -- Aircraft
A/D -- Airdrome
ADO -- Air Discipline Officer
BTG -- Ball turret gunner
CAVU -- Clear and Visibility Unlimited
CBO -- Combined Bomber Offense
DFC -- Distinguished Flying Cross
E/A/C -- Enemy aircraft
E/F -- Enemy Fighters
ER -- Early Return
ETA -- Estimated Time of Arrival
GAF -- German Air Force
GP -- General Purpose
H2X -- Designator for PATHFINDER radar system
HRC -- Historical Research Center (Now known
as Historical Research Agency)
IP -- Initial Point
KIA -- Killed in Action
L/G -- Landing Ground
LW -- Left Waist Gunner
M/G -- Machine Gun
M/Y -- Marshalling Yard
MIA -- Missing in Action
NASM -- National Air And Space Museum
PFF -- PATHFINDER, Radar system for locating
targets through cloud cover
POM -- Preparation for Overseas Movement
POW -- Prisoner of War
SOP -- Standard Operating Procedure
RR -- Railroad
RW -- Right Waist Gunner
S/E -- Single engine
S/M -- Submarine
T -- True (direction)
T/E -- Twin engine
TT -- Top turret
TWX -- Teletype
V-E -- Victory in Europe
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