5AF

Fifth Air Force

ABC

Air Base Command

ACFH

Air Crew Fly Home (return of combat crew and their aircraft to the U.S. after close of hostilities)

Acft Cmdr

Aircraft Commander

Adm

Administration

AF

Air Force (e.g., 5AF = Fifth Air Force)

AGPE

Orders used for Red Cross Emergency Family Leave and other related special purposes

AIF

Australian Imperial Force (Australian Army)

AM

Ammunition worker

Asst

Assistant

ATO

Air Travel Orders

BG

Bombardment (Bomb) Group

BS

Bombardment (Bomb) Squadron

Cmdg

Commanding

Cmdr

Commander

CNS

The radio net connecting the many far-flung units in the SW Pacific area

Cntl

Control

CR&TC

Crew Replacement and Training Center

Dpty

Deputy

Eng

Engineer

Eqpt

Equipment

ERC

Enlisted Reserve Corps

Evac Hosp

Evacuation Hospital

Exec

Executive

FEAF

Far East Air Forces

FEXE

Orders from a special program to allow ground personnel of long service in the theatre to return to the United States on leave; must return to the war theatre at end of leave

FEXO

Travel Orders for return to the United States as issued by Headquarters USAAFE (U.S. Forces in the Far East)

Flt

Flight

Flt Eng

Flight Engineer

FM

Date of First Mission with 380^th (Month and Year only) to establish period of service; for Australian crews only

Fr

From

GA

Ground Accident

GO

General Orders

GO

General Orders, usually used for promotions, decorations, etc.

Gp

Group

Gp Cmdr

Group Commander

Hqtrs

Headquarters

IFF

Identification-Friend or Foe (a radio set that responds to a radar challenge with a code response to identify friendly aircraft)

Info

Information

Initial Deployment

First transfer of 380^th personnel by aircraft or ship from the U.S. to the South West Pacific War Theatre

Insp

Inspector

IO

Initial Only; may apply to first or middle name, or both

KFA

Death due to aircraft accident, includes those occurring on a combat mission but where enemy action not involved (killed in flying accident)

KGA

Death due to a ground accident (killed in ground accident)

KIA

Death due to event caused by known or supposed enemy action (killed in action)

Ldr

Leader

LM

Probable Date of Last Mission (Month and Year Only); for Australian Crews only

LO

Letter Order, a simplified form of Special Order

LORAN

LOng Range Air Navigation (a multi-station radio network for aircraft navigation)

Mech

Mechanical, Mechanic

MIA

Missing in Action, cause unknown

MOS

Military Occupational Specialty

NCO

Non-commissioned officer

NL

None Listed

NMI

No Middle Initial; used when no middle name or initial was claimed by the individual, or if this information was unavailable

Off

Officer

Opns

Operations

Opr

Operator

Original Cadre

The first group of individuals who initially formed the 380^th Bomb Group

O-XXX

Serial Number of Commissioned Officer, U.S.

PA

Probable Arrival Date (Month and Year only) where records missing and supposition possible from other records

PAR

Paragraph, the section of the overall order dealing with the individual in question

POW

Prisoner of War

PR (Date), RM

Probable Return Date (Month and Year), Records Missing; supposition based on other records

RAAF

Designates a member of the Royal Australian Air Force

Radio Opr

Radio Operator

RB

Replacement Battalion (e.g., 91RB)

RCM Opr

Radar Countermeasures Operator

RHEW, RU

Returned Home After End of War, Records Unavailable; all archived records available ceased as of 1 October 1945

RM

Records Missing

RPBN

Replacement Battalion (RB)

RU

Records Unavailable

SO

Special Order, the most common type of order

Spec

Specialist

SPL

Specialist

SQDN

Squadron

Sqdn Cmdr

Squadron Commander

SSN

Service Specialty Number

Stat

Statistical, Statistician

SW-US-###-AAF

Orders used by the South West Pacific Command to send USAAF personnel back to the United States

T.O.

Travel Orders

T.O.-NOL

Travel Orders (symbology used by Replacement Training Center, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia)

TC

Troop Carrier (e.g., To 375 TC Gp)

Tech

Technical, Technician

TRANS

Transferred from 380^th to Other Units within Theatre; records missing

T-XXX

Serial Number for Flight Officer, US

UNK

Unknown

USAAF

United States Army Air Forces

USAFFE

United States Armed Forces in the Far East

USAFP

U.S. Army Forces, Pacific

USASOS

United States Army Services of Supply

VBC

Fifth Bomber Command

VHF

Very High Frequency

VOCO

Vocal Orders of the Commanding Officer

Water Manifest

Collected names of those individuals who were to return to the United States by ship at the end of the hostilities

WGA

Wounded in Ground Accident

W-XXX

Serial Number for Warrant Officer, US

X

Special Mission Crew (usually RCM)