General abbreviations

Air service abbreviations

General abbreviations: Here is the list of the abbreviations used in the different pages. The data are extracted from fields of databases so the length of character strings is limited and abbreviation is often the rule.

BoB Battle of Britain
BoF Battle of France, Bataille de France
CBI China-Burma-India
CO Commanding Officer
conf. confirmed
det. detached
DOW Dead of wounds
ETO European Theater of Operation
FTL Forced to land
KIA Killed in action
KIFA Killed in flying accident
MIA Missed in action
MTO Mediterranean Theater of Operation
N. North, northern
OoC Out of Control
POW Prisonner of War
pts points
Sq Squadron
SWPA South West Pacific Theater
unconf unconfirmed
v, v. victory(ies)
WIA Wounded in action
WIFA Wounded in flying accident


Air services: Here is the list of the air arms of the different countries and different periods.

 

World War One
AFC Australian Flying Corps
AMB Aeronautique Militaire Belge
Av.Mil.Fra. Aviation Militaire Française
Fliegertruppe German Air Service
IRAS Imperial Russian Air Service
KukLFT KuK Luftfahrtruppen (Austrian)
RAF Royal Air Force
RFC Royal Flying Coprs
RNAS Royal Navy Air Service
SAS Serbian AS
TuAF Turkish AF
USAS United State Air Service
WhRAS White Russian Air Service

 

Second World War
AMB Aeronautique Militaire Belge
ANR Aviazione Nationale Republicana (Italy)
AdA A.Air Armee de l'Air (France)
Aeron.Nav. Aéronautique Navale (France)
ARR Royal Rumanian AF
AVG American Volonteer Group
CAB Cuerpo de Aviacion Boliv.
CAF China A.F.
EVA Greek AF
FAB Fuerza Aerea Boliviana
FAN Forzas Aer. Nat. (Spain)
FAP Força Aerea Portuguesa
FAR Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria
FARR Fortelor Aeriene Regal Romania
FAA Fleet Air Arm
Fliegertruppe Swiss AF
Flygvapnet Swedish AF
IAF Indian Air Force
IJAAF Imperial Japan Army A.F.
IJNAF Imperial Japan Navy A.F.
Ilmaluvoimien Finnish AF
JKRV Royal Yugoslavian A. F.
LH Leguyi Hivatal
Luftwaffe German AF
LVA Dutch AF
MKHL Hungarian AF
ML-KNIL Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger
PAAC Philippines Army Air Corps
PAF Polish Air Force
PFAN Paraguayan AF
RAAF Royal Australian A.F.
RAF Royal Air Force
RCAF Royal Canadian A.F.
Regia Aeronautica Italian AF
SAAF South African A.F.
SVZ Slovenske Vzdusne Zbrane
ThAF Thai AF
USAAF U.S. Army Air Force
USMC U.S.Marine Corps
USN U.S.Navy
VV Royal Bulgarian AF
VVKJ Royal Yugoslav AF
VVS Voenno Vozdushnyye Sily (Soviet)
Vichy Air Force Armée de l'Air de L'Armistice
ZNDH Croatian AF

 

Post War
AMB Aéronautique Militaire Belge
AME Aeronautica Militare Espanola
AMI Aeronautica Militare Italiana
AdA Armée de l'Air
Aeron.Nav. Aéronautique Navale
AzAF Azerbaijan AF
BAF Biafran AF
CNAF Chinese Nationalist Air Force
CVL Ceskoslovenske Vojenske Letectvo
EA EPA Elliniki Aeroporia (Greek AF)
EAF Ethiopian AF
EAF Egyptian AF
ErAF Eritrean AF
FAA Fuerza Aerea Argentina
FAC Fuerza Aera de Chile
FAH Fuerza Aerea Hondurena
FAK Force Aerienne Katangaise
FAP Força Aerea Portuguesa
FAP Fuerza Aerea Peruana
FAPA/DAA Cuban AF in Angola
FAR Cuban AF
FAS Salvadorian AF
IAF Indian Air Force
IDF/AF Israeli Defence Force A.F.
IIAF Imperial Iranian AF
IRIAF Islamic Rep.of Iran AF
IrAF Iraqi Air Force
JRV Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo
KAF Kuwait AF
KLU Koninklijke Luchtmacht
LARAF Libyan AF
NKAF North Korean A.F.
PAF Pakistan Air Force
PLAAF Popular Liberation Army AF
PLANAF Popular Liberation Army Navy AF
RAAF Royal Australian A.F.
RAF Royal Air Force
RCAF Royal Canadian A.F.
REAF Royal Egyptian AF
RhAF Rhodesian AF
RJAF Royal Jordanian Air Force
RSAF Royal Saudi A.F.
RoCAF Rep. of China A.F.
SADF South African A.F.
SyAF SYAAF Syrian AF
THK Turk Hava Kuvvetleri
TNI-AU Tentara Nasional Indo-AU
USAF U.S. Air Force
USMC U.S.Marine Corps
USN U.S.Navy
VMF Soviet Marine Fleet
VPAF Vietnamese People AF
V-PVO V-Protivozdushnoi Oborony (Soviet)
VVS Voenno Vozdushnyye Sily (Soviet)

 

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