Abbreviations

<table class="uk-table uk-table-striped" style="width: 100%;" border="0"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><thead><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="center" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"><strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abbr</span> </strong></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Abbreviated Term or Phrase</span></strong></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: left;" align="left" valign="top"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Description</span></strong></td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></thead><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tbody><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">AB</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Awards Bureaux</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">branch of IS9 responsible for interviewing helpers of Allied escapers and evaders in France, Belgium, Holland, and Denmark, investigating and settling their financial claims, and making recommendations for awards to helpers</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">BAT</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Beam Approach Training</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">BST</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">British Summer Time</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">GMT + 1 hour</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">BOPA</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Borgerlige Partisaner</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Danish Resistance group formed in 1943 from the combination of KOPA (Kommunistiske Partisaner) and a student sabotage group</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">CB</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Civilbeskyttelse</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Civil Protection Services</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">CET</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Central European Time</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">GMT + 1 hour</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">E & E</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Escape and Evasion</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">FIS</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Flying Instructors School</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">GMT</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Greenwich Mean Time</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">now replaced by UTC</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">GP</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">General Purpose</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">bomb</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">HC</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">High Capacity</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">bomb</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">HCU</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Heavy Conversion Unit</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">IS9</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Intelligence School 9</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">British intelligence agency whose responsibilities included escape and evasion planning, debriefing repatriated service personnel, and interviewing helpers of British and American escapers and evaders</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">LAC</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Leading Aircraftman</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">lb.</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">pound weight</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">1 lb. = 0.45 kilograms</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">MC</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Medium Capacity bomb</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">M.I.9</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Military Intelligence Section 9</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">department of the British War Office providing aid to Resistance fighters and to Allied troops evading and escaping from enemy territory</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">MIS-X</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Military Intelligence Service-X</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">department of the United States Department of War providing aid to Resistance fighters and to US American troops evading and escaping from enemy territory</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">NJG3</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Nachtjagdgeschwader 3</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">Luftwaffe night-fighter wing</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">NSW</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">New South Wales</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">eastern state in Australia</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Ops</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Operations</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">day or night sortie to bomb or mine-lay</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">ORB</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Operational Record Book</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">daily records of activities at various unit levels, e.g., squadron, base, station</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">OTU</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Operational Training Unit</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">PRDC</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Personnel Depot & Receiving Centre</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">PRO</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Public Records Office</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">former name of The National Archive (TNA) located in Kew, England, UK</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">QLD</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Queensland</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">north-eastern state in Australia</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">RAAF</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Royal Australian Air Force</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">RAF</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Royal Air Force</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">RCAF</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Royal Canadian Air Force</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">SAP</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Semi-Armour Piercing bomb</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">SHAEF</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">headquarters of U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower, the Commander of Allied forces in north west Europe, from late 1943 until the end of WWII</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">SOE</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Special Operations Executive</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">secret British organization conducting espionage and sabotage against Axis powers in World War II and aiding Resistance organizations with those activities</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">TNA</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">The National Archives</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td style="text-align: justify;" align="left" valign="top">official government archive of the United Kingdom of Great Britain located in Kew in the London Borough of Richmond on Thames</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">USAAF</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">United States Army Air Forces</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">United States of America military aviation service during World War II</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">veg</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">vegetable</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">air-dropped anti-shipping sea mine</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">WAAF</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Women's Auxillary Air Force</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">women serving in the Royal Air Force in non-aircrew roles, such as parachute packing, wireless communications, and transport</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">WCAD</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">War Casualty Accounts Department</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">WEA</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Western European Area</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">W/O</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Warrant Officer</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr align="left" valign="top"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">W/Op</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Wireless Operator</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">UTC</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Temps Universel Coordonné</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><td align="left" valign="top">Coordinated Universal Time, a successor to Greenwich Mean Time</td><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tr><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></tbody><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --></table>