| Dates:
|
|
British
format is used: Day/Month/Year
Example: 3.11.53 = 3rd November 1953
3.77 = March 1977
7.09 = July 2009
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|
General:
|
| AAF
|
US Army Air
Field
|
| AB
|
Air Base
/ Air Force Base
|
| ACAR
|
Australian
Civil Aircraft Register
|
| AF
|
Air Force
|
| AFB
|
Air Force
Base
|
| ag
|
agricultural
use (cropdusting, spraying etc)
|
| arr.
|
arrived (by
road or ship, not delivered by air)
|
| AURI
|
Indonesian
Air Force, later TNI-AU
|
| AVG
|
American
Volunteer Group (China & Burma 1941-42 using P-40s)
|
| BG
|
Bomber Group
|
| BOC
|
Brought on
Charge (military)
|
| BS
|
Bomber Squadron
|
| Bu
|
Bureau of
Aeronautics serial number (US Navy & US Marines)
|
| c
|
circa / approximate
date
|
| CAA
|
Civil Aeronautics
Administration (forerunner of FAA) USA
|
| CAA
|
Civil Aviation
Authority (Great Britain)
|
| CAB
|
Civil Aviation
Board/Civil Aviation Branch: forerunners to DCA (Australia)
|
| CAC
|
Commonwealth
Aircraft Corporation (Australia)
|
| CAF
|
Canadian
Armed Forces
|
| CAF
|
Confederate
Air Force, founded at Harlingen Texas, later moved to Midland Texas:
renamed Commemorative Air Force. USCR shows all CAF aircraft as
owned American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
|
| CCF
|
Canadian
Car and Foundry Co
|
| CDF
|
California
Department of Forestry
|
| CFB
|
Canadian
Forces Base
|
| CGAS
|
US Coast
Guard Air Station
|
| c/n
|
constructor's
number / manufacturer's serial number / airframe identification
number
|
| CofA
|
Certificate
of Airworthiness
|
| CofR
|
Certificate
of Registration
|
| config.
|
configuration
|
| conv.
|
converted
/ conversion /modified
|
| cr.
|
crashed
|
| CV
|
Canadian
Vickers
|
| dam.
|
damaged
|
| dates
|
British format
Day/Month/Year: see Dates heading above
|
| DCA
|
Department
of Civil Aviation (Australia)
|
| del.
|
delivered
(by air), ferried
|
| dep.
|
departed
|
| dest.
|
destroyed
|
| dism.
|
dismantled
|
| displ.
|
displayed
|
| EAA
|
Experimental
Airplane Association
|
| ERLA
|
Erla Flugzeugwerk
AG, Leipzig
|
| ex
|
from
|
| exec.
|
executive
|
| FA
|
Fuerza Aerea,
Force Aerienn, Forcea Area (and Latin variations): Air Force
|
| FAA
|
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
|
| FAA
|
Federal Aviation
Administration (USA)
|
| ff
|
first flight
(includes first flight after repair or restoration)
|
| FG
|
Fighter Group
|
| FLARF
|
Federatsiya
Lyubitelei Aviatsii Rossiskoi Federatsii (Amateur Aircraft Federation
of Russia)
|
| FRADU
|
Fleet Requirements
and Air Direction Unit (Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm)
|
| FS
|
Fighter Squadron
|
| fuse.
|
fuselage
|
| gear
|
landing gear
/ undercarriage
|
| HMS
|
His/Her Majesty's
Ship
|
| HMAS
|
His/Her Majesty's
Australian Ship
|
| hrs
|
hours (as
in airframe flying time)
|
| i/s
|
in service
(operational)
|
| id.
|
aircraft
identity
|
| IDFAF
|
Israeli Defence
Force Air Force
|
| Inc
|
Incorporated
(as in a US business name)
|
| inst.
|
instructional
|
| IWM
|
Imperial
War Museum
|
| JASDF
|
Japanese
Air Self Defence Force
|
| JMSDF
|
Japanese
Marine Self Defence Force
|
| k
|
killed
|
| KNIL
|
Netherlands
East Indies Air Force
|
| lsd:
|
leased (to/by)
|
| LLC
|
Limited Liability
Company (as in business name)
|
| Ltd
|
Limited (as
in business name)
|
| MARC
|
Military
Aircraft Restoration Corp (founded by David C. Tallichet)
|
| MCAS
|
US Marine
Corps Air Station
|
| Mess.
|
Messerschmitt
|
| mod.
|
modified
|
| mods.
|
modifications
|
| MLD
|
Netherlands
Navy
|
| MoD
|
Ministry
of Defence (Great Britain)
|
| mus.
|
museum
|
| MV
|
Motor Vessel
|
| NAS
|
Naval Air
Station
|
| NACA
|
National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (predecessor of NASA)
|
| NASA
|
National
Aeronautics & Space Administration
|
| NASM
|
National
Air & Space Museum (Smithsonian Institute)
|
| NEI
|
Netherlands
East Indies (now Indonesia)
|
| NEIAF
|
Netherlands
East Indies Air Force
|
| NMNA
|
National
Museum of Naval Aviation: formerly US Navy Air Museum. (Main museum
at NAS Pensacola, Florida, but the museum sponsors collections on
US Navy bases and aircraft carrier memorials across USA)
|
| nn
|
new name/company
renamed
|
| noted
|
noted at/seen/recorded
at the location on the specified date
|
| Nr
|
Werkenummer
(constructor's number of German aircraft)
|
| ntu
|
registration
not taken up
|
| op:
|
operated
(by)
|
| ops
|
operations
|
| ORB
|
Operations
Record Book (RAAF), unit daily diary
|
| orig.
|
original
|
| pax
|
passengers
|
| PLAAF
|
Peoples Liberation
Army Air Force (China)
|
| pres.
|
presumed
|
| prob.
|
probably
|
| Pty Ltd
|
Proprietary
Limited (as in company name)
|
| que se
|
which see
/ refer to
|
| R
|
Royal
|
| RAAF
|
Royal Australian
Air Force
|
| RAF
|
Royal Air
Force
|
| RAFM
|
Royal Air
Force Museum
|
| RAN
|
Royal Australian
Navy
|
| RCAF
|
Royal Canadian
Air Force
|
| RCN
|
Royal Canadian
Navy
|
| RDAF
|
Royal Danish
Air Force
|
| re-added
|
restored
to Civil Register after previous deletion
|
| reg.
|
registered
/ registration/ Civil Register
|
| recov.
|
recovered
/ salvaged
|
| rep.
|
reported
|
| repl.
|
replica
|
| res.
|
reserved
|
| rest.
|
restored/
repaired/ rebuilt
|
| ret.
|
returned
|
| RFC
|
Reconstruction
Finance Corp (US WWII disposals)
|
| RMAF
|
Royal Malayan
Air Force
|
| RN
|
Royal Navy
|
| RNAF
|
Royal Netherlands
Air Force
|
| RNAS
|
Royal Navy
Air Station
|
| RNAY
|
Royal Navy
Air Yard
|
| RNFAA
|
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
|
| RNHAF
|
Royal Navy
Historic Aircraft Flight
|
| RNZAF
|
Royal New
Zealand Air Force
|
| RNoAF
|
Royal Norwegian
Air Force
|
| ROKAF
|
Republic
of Korea Air Force
|
| RSAF
|
Republic
of Singapore Air Force
|
| S
|
South
|
| SAAF
|
South African
Air Force
|
| sc.
|
colour scheme
|
| SOC
|
Struck-off
Charge (military)
|
| Sqn
|
Squadron
|
| SVNAF
|
South Vietnam
Air Force
|
| t/a
|
trading as
|
| tfd.
|
transferred
|
| TNI-AL
|
Indonesian
Navy
|
| TNI-AU
|
Indonesian
Air Force
|
| TT
|
total airframe
time (hours logged)
|
| TUDM
|
Malaysian
Air Force
|
| UAE
|
United Arab
Emirates
|
| u/c
|
undercarriage
|
| unconf.
|
unconfirmed
|
| unconv.
|
unconverted
/ not converted for civil operations
|
| unrest.
|
unrestored
|
| u/s
|
unserviceable
|
| USAF
|
United States
Air Force
|
| USAFM
|
United States
Air Force Museum: Main USAF Museum located at Wright Paterson AFB
Dayton OH changed name 10.04 to National Museum of the United States
Air Force. Many USAF base heritage collections which were originally
aircraft allocated by the USAFM have since become independent self-funded
organisations with name changes, but are listed simply as USAFM
with the name of the USAF base where located
|
| USAAC
|
United States
Army Air Corps, renamed USAAF 20 June 1941
|
| USAAF
|
United States
Army Air Force, renamed USAF 18 September 1947
|
| USCG
|
United States
Coast Guard
|
| USCR
|
United States
Civil Register of Aircraft
|
| USDA
|
United States
Department of Agriculture
|
| USFS
|
United States
Forest Service
|
| USMC
|
United States
Marine Corps
|
| USMCM
|
United States
Marine Corps Museum. Main museum located at MCAS Quantico, Virginia.
Renamed National Museum of the Marine Corps and new building opened
at Quantico in November 2006.
|
| USN
|
United States
Navy
|
| USS
|
United States
Ship
|
| WAA
|
War Assets
Administration (US WWII disposals)
|
| WFS
|
withdrawn
from service/ retired
|
| wfu
|
withdrawn
from use / retired
|
| WGN
|
West German
Navy
|
| WkNr
|
Werkenummer
(constructor's number of German aircraft)
|
| WWI
|
World War
One 1914-1918
|
| WWII
|
World War
Two 1939-1945
|
| Australian
States: |
| ACT
|
Australian
Capital Territory
|
| NSW
|
New South
Wales
|
| NT
|
Northern
Territory
|
| QLD
|
Queensland
|
| SA
|
South Australia
|
| VIC
|
Victoria
|
| TAS
|
Tasmania
|
| WA
|
Western Australia
|
| Canadian
Provinces: |
| ALTA
|
Alberta
|
| BC
|
British Columbia
|
| MAN
|
Manitoba
|
| ONT
|
Ontario
|
| QUE
|
Quebec
|
| NB
|
New Brunswick
|
| NFLD
|
Newfoundland
|
| NS
|
Nova Scotia
|
| NWT
|
Northwest
Territories
|
| PEI
|
Prince Edward
Island
|
| SASK
|
Saskatchewan
|
| YT
|
Yukon Territory
|
| US
States: |
| AL
|
Alabama
|
| AK
|
Alaska
|
| AR
|
Arkansas
|
| AZ
|
Arizona
|
| CA
|
California
|
| CO
|
Colorado
|
| CT
|
Connecticut
|
| DC
|
District
of Columbia
|
| DE
|
Delaware
|
| FL
|
Florida
|
| GA
|
Georgia
|
| HI
|
Hawaii
|
| IA
|
Iowa
|
| ID
|
Idaho
|
| IL
|
Illinois
|
| IN
|
Indiana
|
| KS
|
Kansas
|
| KY
|
Kentucky
|
| LA
|
Louisiana
|
| MA
|
Massachusetts
|
| ME
|
Maine
|
| MD
|
Maryland
|
| MI
|
Michigan
|
| MN
|
Minnesota
|
| MO
|
Missouri
|
| MS
|
Mississippi
|
| MT
|
Montana
|
| NC
|
North Carolina
|
| ND
|
North Dakota
|
| NE
|
Nebraska
|
| NH
|
New Hampshire
|
| NJ
|
New Jersey
|
| NM
|
New Mexico
|
| NV
|
Nevada
|
| NY
|
New York
|
| OH
|
Ohio
|
| OK
|
Oklahoma
|
| OR
|
Oregon
|
| PA
|
Pennsylvania
|
| RI
|
Rhode Island
|
| SC
|
South Carolina
|
| SD
|
South Dakota
|
| TN
|
Tennessee
|
| TX
|
Texas
|
| UT
|
Utah
|
| VA
|
Virginia
|
| VT
|
Vermont
|
| WA
|
Washington
|
| WI
|
Wisconsin
|
| WV
|
West Virginia
|
| WY
|
Wyoming
|
| Countries:
|
| GB
|
Great Britain
|
| NZ
|
New Zealand
|
| PI
|
Philippines
|
| PNG
|
Papua New
Guinea
|
| PR
|
Puerto Rico
|
| UK
|
United Kingdom
|
| USVI
|
US Virgin
Islands
|
| Civil
Aircraft Registrations: Country Prefixes: |
| AP
|
Pakistan
|
| A6
|
United Arab
Emirates
|
| B
|
Taiwan and
People’s Republic of China
|
| C/CF
|
Canada
|
| CB/CP
|
Bolivia
|
| CC
|
Chile
|
| CN
|
Morocco
|
| CR/CS
|
Portugal
|
| CU
|
Cuba
|
| CX
|
Uruguay
|
| C6
|
Bahamas
|
| C9
|
Mozambique
|
| D
|
West Germany
/ Germany
|
| DM
|
East Germany
|
| DQ
|
Fiji
|
| EC
|
Spain
|
| EI
|
Eire/Ireland
|
| EL
|
Liberia
|
| EP
|
Persia/Iran
|
| ES
|
Estonia
|
| ET
|
Ethiopia
|
| F
|
France
|
| F-O
|
French Overseas
Protectorates
|
| G
|
United Kingdom
|
| HA
|
Hungary
|
| HB
|
Switzerland
|
| HC
|
Ecuador
|
| HH
|
Haiti
|
| HI
|
Dominican
Republic
|
| HK
|
Colombia
|
| HL
|
Korea
|
| HP
|
Panama
|
| HR
|
Honduras
|
| HS
|
Thailand
|
| HZ
|
Saudi Arabia
|
| H4
|
Solomon Islands
|
| I
|
Italy
|
| JA
|
Japan
|
| LN
|
Norway
|
| LV
|
Argentina
|
| LX
|
Luxembourg
|
| LY
|
Lithuania
|
| LZ
|
Bulgaria
|
| N
|
United States
of America (See Note 1)
|
| OB
|
Peru
|
| OD
|
Lebanon
|
| OE
|
Austria
|
| OH
|
Finland
|
| OK
|
Czechoslovakia/Czech
Republic
|
| OM
|
Slovakia
|
| OO
|
Belgium
|
| OY
|
Denmark
|
| PH
|
Netherlands
|
| PI
|
Philippines,
replaced by RP-
|
| PJ
|
Netherlands
Antilles
|
| PK
|
Indonesia
|
| PP/PT
|
Brazil
|
| PZ
|
Surinam
|
| P2
|
Papua New
Guinea
|
| RA
|
Russian Federation
|
| RF
|
Russian Federation
|
| RP
|
Philippines
|
| SE
|
Sweden
|
| SP
|
Poland
|
| ST
|
Sudan
|
| SU
|
Egypt
|
| SX
|
Greece
|
| S2
|
Bangladesh
|
| S9
|
Sao Tome
|
| TC
|
Turkey
|
| TF
|
Iceland
|
| TG
|
Guatemala
|
| TN
|
Congo
|
| TI
|
Costa Rica
|
| TT
|
Chad
|
| TU
|
Ivory Coast
|
| UR
|
Ukraine
|
| V6
|
Micronesia
|
| VH
|
Australia
|
| VP-B
|
Bahamas
|
| VP-J
|
Jamaica
|
| VP-K
|
Kenya
|
| VP-L
|
British Virgin
Islands
|
| VQ-F
|
Fiji
|
| VR-B
|
Bermuda
|
| VR-H
|
Hong Kong
|
| VR-R
|
Malaya
|
| VR-S
|
Singapore
|
| VT
|
India
|
| XA/XB/XC
|
Mexico
|
| XY
|
Burma/Myanmar
|
| YR
|
Romania
|
| YS
|
El Salvador
|
| YL
|
Latvia
|
| YU
|
Yugoslavia
|
| YV
|
Venezuela
|
| Z
|
Zimbabwe
|
| ZK
|
New Zealand
|
| ZS/ZU
|
South Africa
|
| ZP
|
Paraguay
|
| 3A
|
Monaco
|
| 3C
|
Equatorial
Guinea
|
| 4R
|
Sri Lanka
|
| 4X
|
Israel
|
| 5B
|
Cyprus
|
| 5N
|
Nigeria
|
| 5R
|
Madagascar
|
| 5W
|
Samoa
|
| 5Y
|
Kenya
|
| 6V
|
Senegal
|
| 6Y
|
Jamaica
|
| 8R
|
Guyana
|
| 9A
|
Croatia
|
| 9G
|
Ghana
|
| 9H
|
Malta
|
| 9J
|
Zambia
|
| 9Q
|
Zaire, later
Democratic Republic of Congo
|
| 9M
|
Malaysia
|
| 9V
|
Singapore
|
| 9XR
|
Rwanda
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