Abbreviations
AAC | Army Air Corps |
AACU | Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit |
AAP | Aircraft Acceptance Park |
A/C | Aircraft |
ADA | Aircraft Disposal Account |
ADAF | Abu Dhabi Air Force |
ADM | Armada De Mexico (Mexican Navy) |
AdlA | Armee de l'Air (French Air Force) |
ADU | Aircraft Delivery Unit |
AEF | Air Experience Flight |
AF | Air Force |
AFS | Advanced Flying School |
AFZ | Air Force of Zimbabwe |
AGS | Air Gunnery School |
AGT | Airwork and General Trading |
ALAT | Aviation Legere de L'Armee de Terre (French Army) |
AlbAF | Forcat Ashtarake Ajore Shgipetare (Albanian Air Force) |
AMARC | Aircraft Maintenance And Regeneration Centre |
AMI | Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) |
ANGK LAUT | Indonesian Navy |
ANS | Air Navigation School |
AREAF | Arab Republic of Egypt Air Force (Egyptian Air Force) |
ASS | Air Signals School |
AST | Air Service Training |
ASU | Aircraft Storage Unit |
ATC | Air Training Corps |
ATFERO | Atlantic Ferry Organisation |
AusAF | Osterreichische Luftstreitkrafte (Austrian Air Force) |
aw/cn | Awaiting collection |
BAF | Belgian Armed Forces |
BAAF | Bahrain Amiri Air Force |
BAH | British Aviation Heritage |
BATF | Beam/Blind Approach Training Flight |
BCAM | Bomber County Aviation Museum |
BCBS | Bomber Command Bombing School |
BDF | Botswana Defence Force |
BDRT | Battle Damage Repair Training |
BDTF | Bomber Defence Training Flight |
BEA | British European Airways |
BFAF | Burkina Faso Air Force |
BFTS | Basic Flying Training School |
BGS | Bomber & Gunnery School |
b/u | Broken up |
BulAF | Bulgarian Air Force |
BVAC | Blyth Valley Aviation Collection |
(C) | Cockpit section |
CANA | Argentine Naval Aviation |
Canx | Cancelled |
Cat | Category (for damage) |
Cat.1 | Repairable on-site by unit |
Cat.2 | Repairable on-site by unit/operating organisation |
Cat.3 | Repairable on-site by repair organisation |
Cat.4 | Repairable, but off-site at depth repair facility |
Cat.5 | Beyond economical repair |
CCCPAF | Russian Air Force |
CF | Communication Flight |
CF | Conversion Flight |
CF | Canadian Forces |
CFS | Central Flying School |
CGS | Central Gliding School |
CGS | Central Gunnery School |
(C)OTU | (Coastal) Operational Training Unit |
CRO | Civilian Repair Organisation |
CRP | Contractor's Repair Party |
CS(A) | Controller of Supply (Aircraft) |
CSP | Capability Sustainment Programme |
CzAF | Czech Air Force |
d/d | delivery date |
DAW | Dubai Air Wing |
DCAE | Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering |
DBF | Destroyed by Fire |
DBR | Damaged Beyond Repair |
DDRAF | East German Air Force |
DERA | Defence Evaluation and Research Agency |
DOSAAF | Soviet youth military training organisation |
DSAE | Defence School of Aeronautical Engineering |
DSEME | Defence School of Electro-Mechanical Engineering |
DSMarE | Defence School of Marine Engineering |
EAAS | Empire Air Armament School |
EATS | Empire Air Training Scheme |
ECFS | Empire Central Flying School |
EdA | Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force) |
EE | English Electric |
E/F | Engine Failure |
EFTS | Elementary Flying Training School |
E&RFTS | Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School |
ETPS | Empire Test Pilots School |
ETS | Engineering Training School |
(F) | Fuselage |
FA | Flying Accident |
FAA | Fleet Air Arm |
FAAM | Fleet Air Arm Museum |
FAAr | Fuerza Aerea Argentina (Argentinian Air Force) |
FAB | Fuerza Aerea Boliviana (Bolivian Air Force) |
FAC | Colombian Air Force |
FACh | Fuerza Aerea de Chile (Chilean Air Force) |
FAP | Força Aerea Portuguesa (Portuguese Air Force) |
FAR | Fortele Aeriene Romane (Romanian Air Force) |
FARC | Force Aeriene Royale Cambodge (Cambodian Air Force) |
FB | Flying Battle |
FBSU | Flying Boat Servicing Unit |
FEAF | Far East Air Force |
f/f | first flight |
Finn AF | Finnish Air Force |
FIS | Fighter Instructors School |
F/L | Forced Landing |
FN | French Navy |
FRU | Fleet Requirement Unit |
FTFlt | Ferry Training Flight |
FTS | Flying Training School |
FTU | Ferry Training Unit |
G.I. | Ground Instruction |
GAF | Luftwaffe (German Air Force) |
GAL | General Aircraft Limited |
GDSH | Gazelle Depth Support Hub |
GhAF | Ghana Air Force |
GN | Marineflieger (German Navy) |
GR | General Reconnaissance |
GSU | Group (or Ground) Support Unit |
h/o | handed over |
HAF | Hellenic (Greek) Air Force |
HCU | Heavy Conversion Unit |
Heer | Heeresflieger (German Army) |
HGCU | Heavy Glider Conversion Unit |
HKGAF | Hong Kong Government Air Force |
HSA | Hawker Siddeley Aircraft |
HTCU | Heavy Transport Conversion Unit |
HuAF | Hungarian Air Force |
IAC | Irish Air Corps |
IAF | Indian Air Force |
IDF | Israel Defence Force |
IFTS | Initial Flying Training School |
IHM | International Helicopter Museum (now The Helicopter Museum) |
INS | Indian Naval Service |
IrAF | Iraq Air Force |
IRIAF | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force |
IWM | Imperial War Museum |
JAPG | Jet Aviation Preservation Group |
JAF | Japanese Air Force |
JASDF | Japanese Air Self Defence Force |
KAF | Kuwaiti Air Force |
Ken AF | Kenyan Air Force |
KLu | Konninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) |
Ltd | Limited |
l/f | last flight |
l/n | last noted |
MacAF | Macedonian Air Force |
MCU | Mosquito Conversion Unit |
MCU | Meteorological Conversion Unit |
MEAF | Middle East Air Force |
MLD | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst (Royal Netherlands Navy) |
MMI | Marine Militare Italiana (Italian Navy) |
MerDet | Merlin Detachment (at Al Musanah, Oman) |
MexAF | Mexican Air Force |
MoA | Ministry of Aviation |
MoAF | Museum of Army Flying |
MoS | Ministry of Supply |
MPSU | Multi Platform Support Unit |
M&RU | Marketing and Recruitment Unit |
MSFU | Merchant Ship Fighter Unit |
MU | Maintenance Unit |
(N) | Nose section |
NEA | Non-Effective Airframe |
NEAM | North East Aviation Museum |
N&SAM | Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum |
NSW | Naval Strike Wing |
N.t.u. | Not taken up |
OADF | Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight |
OADU | Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit |
(O)AFU | (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit |
OCU | Operational Conversion Unit |
OL | Osterreichische Luftstreitkrafte (Austrian Air Force) |
OTU | Operational Training Unit |
P2MF | Puma 2 Maintenance Flight |
PAF | Pakistan Air Force |
(P)AFU | (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit |
PASF | Puma Aircraft Servicing Flight |
PATP | Packed Aircraft Transit Pool |
PDSH | Puma Depth Support Hub |
PLAAF | People's Liberation Army Air Force (Chinese Air Force) |
PolAF | Polish Air Force |
PolAr | Polish Army |
PolN | Polish Navy |
Pres. | Preserved |
QEAF | Qatar Emiri Air Force |
RAAA | Repaired and Awaiting Allocation |
RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force |
RAF | Royal Air Force |
RAFO | Royal Air Force of Oman |
RAN | Royal Australian Navy |
RBAF | Royal Bahraini Air Force |
RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force |
RDAF | Royal Danish Armed Forces |
RFS | Reserve Flying School |
RIW | Repaired in works |
RJAF | Royal Jordanian Air Force |
RMAF | Royal Malaysian Air Force |
RNA | Royal Nepal Army |
RNAF | Royal Norwegian Air Force |
RNAY | Royal Naval Aircraft Yard |
r/o | rolled out |
RoKAF | Republic of Korea Air Force |
ROS | Repaired on site |
RoSAF | Republic of Singapore Air Force |
RS | Radio School |
RSAF | Royal Saudi Air Force |
RSU | Repair & Salvage Unit |
Rtnd | Returned |
RTP | Return to Produce |
Scr. | scrapped |
SFTS | Service Flying Training School |
SOAF | Sultan of Oman Air Force |
S.o.c. | Struck off charge |
SoTT | School of Technical Training |
Sqn | Squadron |
SAAF | South African Air Force |
SloAF | Slovak Air Force |
SweAF | Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
SwiAF | Schweizer Luftwaffe (Swiss Air Force) |
SYAM | South Yorkshire Aviation Museum |
THM | The Helicopter Museum (formerly the International Helicopter Museum) |
TNI-AU | Tentara Nasional Indonesia-Angkatan Udara (Indonesian Air Force) |
TuAF | Turkish Air Force |
TUDM | Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (Malaysian Air Force) |
UAEAF | United Arab Emirates Air Forces |
UAS | University Air Squadron |
UkrAF | Ukraine Armed Forces |
U/S | Unserviceable |
USAF | United States Air Force |
USAR | United States Army |
USMC | United States Marine Corps |
USN | United States Navy |
VGS | Volunteer Gliding School |
V/STOL | Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing |
w.f.u. | withdrawn from use |
w/o | written off |
WS | Wireless School |
YAM | Yorkshire Air Museum |
YAF | Yugoslav Armed Forces |