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AAF |
see USAAF |
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ACC |
Allied Control Council |
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ADC |
Air Disarmament Command |
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ADS |
Air Disarmament Squadron |
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AHC |
Allied High Commission (created in 1948 to supersede the ACC) |
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AMG |
American Military Government |
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ATI |
Air Technical Intelligence |
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AVA |
Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt – Aerodynamic Trials Unit |
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Bf |
Designation for Messerschmitt aircraft 1934–1938 |
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BIOS |
British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee |
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BMW |
Bayerische Motorenwerke – Bavarian Motor Works |
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CIOS |
Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee |
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CIPC |
Combined Intelligence Priorities Committee |
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EKdo |
Erprobungskommando – Luftwaffe testing unit |
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FE |
Foreign Equipment numbers applied by the Allies to captured enemy aircraft |
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FuG |
Funkger radar equipment |
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Fw |
RLM designation for Focke-Wulf aircraft |
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Go |
RLM designation for Gotha aircraft |
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Gruppe |
Luftwaffe wing or group |
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He |
RLM designation for Heinkel aircraft |
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Ho |
RLM designation for Horten aircraft |
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Hs |
RLM designation for Henschel aircraft |
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ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
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JABO |
Jägdbomber – fighter-bomber |
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Jägernotprogramm |
Emergency fighter programme |
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JATO |
Jet Assisted Take-off |
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Ju |
RLM designation for Junkers aircraft |
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Jumo |
Junkers Motoren Junkers motor company |
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LFA |
Luftfahrtforschungsansalt – aeronautical research institute |
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MAP |
Ministry of Aircraft Production, UK |
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Me |
RLM designation for Messerschmitt aircraft |
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MK |
Maschinenkanone – machine cannon/gun |
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Nachtjäger |
Night-fighter or hunter |
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NJG |
Nachtjagdgeschwader – night-fighter group |
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Operation Alsos |
US mission to capture the Nazis’ nuclear technology |
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Operation Big |
part of Alsos |
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Operation Lusty |
USAF mission to capture and evaluate German aeronautical technology (LUftwaffe Secret TechnologY) |
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Operation Paperclip |
US mission to recruit Nazi scientists |
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Operation Surgeon |
British post-war programme to exploit Nazi aeronautical technology and forcibly recruit German expertise |
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RAE |
Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough) |
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RAF |
Royal Air Force |
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RATO |
Rocket-Assisted Take Off |
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RLM |
Reichsluftministerium – German Air Ministry |
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RfRuK |
Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion – Reich Ministry for Armament & War Production |
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Schnellbomber |
Fast Bomber |
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SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force |
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Shrage Musik |
‘Slanted Music’ upward firing rocket array triggered by photoelectric cell |
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STAM |
Special Technical Adviser to the Minister |
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Staffel |
Squadron |
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Sturmvogel |
Stormbird |
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USAAF |
United States Army Air Force |
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USAF |
United States Air Force (from 1947) |
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Vergeltungswaffe |
Vengeance weapon |
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Versuchsmuster |
Experimental/test |
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Volksjäger |
People’s Fighter, the He 162 |