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)

AFMSC

Loss Reason Obtained from Headquarters USAAF

AGPE

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

AIF

Australian Imperial Force (Australian Army)

ALW

Alive and Well (on MACR)

AM

Ammunition worker

ARC

Aircraft Record Card, a chronological history of each aircraft maintained by the USAAF, also called IARC for Individual Aircraft Record Card

ASN

Army Serial Number

Asst

Assistant

ATO

Air Travel Orders

BG

Bombardment (Bomb) Group

BS

Bombardment (Bomb) Squadron

CAC

Abbreviation for the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation

CF

Symbol used for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation factory in Fort Worth, Texas

Cmdg

Commanding

Cmdr

Commander

CNS

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

Cntl

Control

CO

Symbol used for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation factory in San Diego, California

CR&TC

Crew Replacement and Training Center

DAR

Darwin Air Base, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, base of the 380th Bomb Group during the period Augsut 1944 to March 1945; also used as part of the designation of missions flown by the 380th during this period

DED

Declared Dead (Public Law 490) (on MACR)

DL

Dead List (on MACR)

DNB

Died Non-Battle (on MACR)

DOD

Date of Death (in TAPS listings)

DOW

Died of Wounds (on MACR)

DOWRIA

Died of Wounds Received in Action (on MACR)

Dpty

Deputy

Eng

Engineer

Engr

Engineer

Eqpt

Equipment

ERC

Enlisted Reserve Corps

EUS

Evacuated to the United States (on MACR)

Evac Hosp

Evacuation Hospital

Exec

Executive

FEAF

Far East Air Forces

FEN

Fenton Field, Northern Territory, Australia, base of the 380th Bomb Group from May 1943 to August 1944; also used as part of the designation of missions flown by the 380th during this period

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

FO

Symbol used for the Ford Motor Company aircraft plant at Willow Run, Michigan

Fr

From

GA

Ground Accident

GO

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

Gp

Group

Gp Cmdr

Group Commander

HAD

Abbreviation for the Hawaiian Air Depot, used to designate the Type 2 nose modification of the B-24D

Hqtrs

Headquarters

IARC

Individual Aircraft Record Card, a chronological history of each aircraft maintained by the USAAF, also called Aircraft Record Card (ARC)

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

LEFT

Code for Assignment of Aircraft to the 5th Air Force

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)

LWA

Lightly Wounded in Action (on MACR)

MACR

Missing Aircraft Report

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

NOK

Next of Kin (on MACR)

OD

Olive Drab, the camouflage applied to all early aircraft

Off

Officer

Ofr

Officer

OKC

Abbreviation for the Oklahoma Air Depot at Tinker Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, used to designate the Type 3 nose modification for the B-24D

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

Recce

Reconnaissance Mission

RHEW, RU

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

RM

Records Missing

RMC

Returned to Military Control (on MACR)

RPBN

Replacement Battalion (RB)

RTD

Returned to Duty (on MACR)

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

SWA

Seriously Wounded in Action (on MACR)

SW-US-###-AAF

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

TAPS

Obituaries

TC

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

Tech

Technical, Technician

T.O.

Travel Orders

T.O.-NOL

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

TRANS

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

T-XXX

Serial Number for Flight Officer, US

UCIP

Code for Delivery to 8th Air Force (Other Unknown Reason)

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

WIA

Wounded in Action (on MACR)

W-XXX

Serial Number for Warrant Officer, US

X

Special Mission Crew (usually RCM)