Glossary

The loading lists are created from original documents when available. Flimsies (Forms 15) provide pilot and formation information. Consolidated loading lists provide the manning record. Some of these have been lost, and in those instances manning is taken from the last known (LK) crew listed, or from a known crew list (CL). These sources should not be looked upon as being accurate. Only the loading list (LL) information shows factual crew manning.

1LT - First Lieutenant.

2LT - Second Lieutenant.

AC - Air commander

B - Bombardier

BG - Ball gunner

CAPT - Captain.

COL - Colonel.

CP - Copilot (second pilot)

CPL - Corporal

DRN - Dead reckoning navigator

FE - Flight engineer

LTCOL - Lieutenant Colonel.

MAJ - Major.

MO - Mickey Operator.

NG - Nose gunner

NTN - Nose turret/Navigator. (?)

O - Observer (?)

P - (first) Pilot

Pos - Position on Crew

PPN - Pin point navigator

PVT - Private

Rank - Rank

RO - Radio operator

SGT - Seargeant

Src - source (LL - loading list; CL - known crew list; FL - Flimsy; LK - Last known)

SSGT - Staff Seargeant

TG - Tail gunner

TSGT - Technical Seargeant

TT - Top Turret

U - Unknown

X - Passenger (?)

WG - Waist gunner (Left and Right)