American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffeâ??s Secrets

Abbreviations

ABBREVIATIONS AAF Army Air Forces AC/AS Assistant Chief of Air Staff AC/S Assistant Chief of Staff ADS Air Disarmament Squadron AGF Army Ground Forces AMC Air Materiel Command AMG American Military Government ASF Army Service Forces ATI Air Technical Intelligence ATSC Air Technical Service Command AWOL Absent without Leave Bf Bayrische Flugzeugwerke (builder of the Bf 109 and Bf 110) renamed Messerschmitt A.G. in 1938. All subsequent aircraft designs received the Me instead of the Bf prefix. BMW Bayrische Motorenwerke BOQ Bachelor Officers’ Quarters CCTS Combat Crew Training Squadron CG Center of Gravity CIOS Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee CO Commanding Officer [ xv ] Comint Communications intelligence CPMB Captured Personnel and Materiel Branch DFC Distinguished Flying Cross DP Displaced Person EGT Exhaust Gas Temperature Elint Electronic intelligence EM Enlisted Men ETO European Theater of Operations FE Foreign Equipment Number FG Fighter Group FIAT Field Information Agency Technical Flak Fliegerabwehrkanone (antiaircraft gun, World War II) FS Fighter Squadron GAF German Air Force GCI Ground Controlled Intercept HQ Headquarters ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile i.G. im Generalstab (General Staff Officer) JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff JIOA Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency LFA Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt MIS Military Intelligence Service MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology MP Military Police NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NAS Naval Air Station NYA National Youth Administration OKL Oberkommando der Luftwaffe PGM Precision Guided Munition Photint Photographic intelligence POW Prisoner of War PW Prisoner of War Abbreviations [ xvi ] RAE Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough) RAF Royal Air Force RATO/JATO Rocket Assisted Take-off/Jet Assist Take-off RLM Reichsluftfahrtministerium ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing RTU Replacement Training Unit SHAEF Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Sigint Signals intelligence TDY Temporary Duty TFW Tactical Fighter Wing UK United Kingdom USAFE United States Air Forces in Europe USFET United States Forces European Theater USSTAF United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe VFR Visual Flight Rules WD War Department WDGS War Department General Staff ZI Zone of Interior Abbreviations [ xvii ] This page intentionally left blank AMERICAN RAIDERS This page intentionally left blank ...