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| AA Anti Aircraft
Fire AAA Anti Aircraft Fire Ack Ack Anti Aircraft Fire AFB Air Force Base AMC Air Mobility Command C 47 USAAF Cargo model 47 derivative of Douglas DC 3 C 53 USAAF Cargo model 53 derivative of Douglas DC 3 CG 4A Cargo Glider model 4A CO Commanding Officer CP Command Post DC 2 Douglas Commercial model 2 DC 3 Douglas Commercial model 3 D DAY 6 June 1944 for the Normandy invasion DETROIT Code name for Glider mission 6 June 1944 DFC Distinguished Flying Cross DSC Distinguished Service Cross DZ Drop Zone Paratroopers and parachute cargo EAGLE The major practice mission for NEPTUNE EUREKA Ground radar unit interrogated by Rebecca FLAK Anti Aircraft Fire FORTITUDE Deceptive invasion plan to confuse the Germans |
HACK Word
used to indicate when watches were synchronized HORSA British cargo troop carrying glider LCVP Landing craft Vehicle Personnel LSI Landing Ship Infantry LST Landing Ship Tanks LZ Landing Zone for Gliders NEPTUNE Code name for the D Day Normandy invasion NOSE CODE Combination number letter code for each aircraft OMAHA Code name for one of the landing beaches PW Prisoner of War REBECCA Airborne radar interrogator to query Eureka SERIAL Designation for a flight of airplanes dedicated to one purpose For D Day each serial was a V of Vs of nine SHAEF Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces SOS Emergency distress signal; also GI slang for chipped beef on toast TCS Troop Carrier Squadron UK United Kingdom UTAH Code name for one of the landing beaches WW II World War Two |
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