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Acronyms - 08/20/2008 09:07:19 AM
Can anybody tell me the full meaning of these acronyms, SOXO R, UGLY A, UGLY R, and there are probably more out there.
Thanks, Adam
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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 10:03:32 AM
Hi Adam,

They aren't acronyms, they are shipping destination codes introduced in 1943.

SOXO: United Kingdom, Zone 1.
UGLY: United Kingdom, any zone.

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Paul
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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 11:17:32 AM
Paul,

What about the letter R or A what is its meaning and where does the 8th Air Force come in?

Adam
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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 12:11:46 PM
Aircraft on delivery to the 8th and 9th Air Forces were primarily under SOXO codes, UGLY codes seem to have been used less often. Later SOXO and UGLY came to cover most ETO deliveries and destinations.
You may come across DECK as a reference to aircraft flown into Prestwick, and ABLY for Glasgow, on aircraft record cards too.
R is usually found beside a shipping code where it is used to identify an aircraft held in reserve at that destination area, so the A may identify an active or assigned aircraft.
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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 01:00:05 PM
SOXO 8AF UK
UGLY 8AF UK operational area was Europe

both were part of shipping & destination codes
A= Accepted
R=Recieved

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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 01:11:01 PM
Below is the shipping destination code list..the code first started 1942..later slightly changed in 1943..so there will be some notations reflecting code changes..from my Code database,

ABEB Cape Harrison Labrador     
ABLY Glascow Scotland     
ABOW San Juan Puerto Rico     
ACAR Bangkok Thailand     
ACHE (Heath) Cario Egypt North Africa 9AF AME  Africa Middle East;ATC
ACID (Roses)    13AF S,SWPac FEA 
ACTS Fremantle Australia     
ACUM Aitape New Guinea     
ADAK  Alaska Aleutian Isl's 11AF   
ADAL Amapa Brazil     
ADDA Vieques Sound Puerto Rico     Roosevelt Roads Fld
ADES Toem Dutch New Guinea     
ADIP Hilo Hawaii Isl Hawaii Isl's    
ADOG Buenavista Mindanao Philppine Isl's    
ADOT Upernivik Greenland     
AFAB Medinilla Isl's  Marianas Isl's    
AFAK Aomorio Honshu Japan    
AFFA Terceira Azores     Also for Portugal
AFIB Managua Nicaragua     
AGAG Minot Reef Caroline Isl's Caroline Isl's    
AGAR Bankok Thailand     
AGEC Likiep Atoll  Marshall Isl's    
AGED (Structr) Liberia West Africa   Africa ATC Formerly (Structure)
AGGI San Jose PI, Mindoro     
AGUW Valpariso Chile     
AHEZ Yonabaru Ikinawa Gunto Ryukyu Retto    
AHHA Pulap Isl Caroline Isl's Carloine Isl's    
AHOY Narsarssuak  Greenland     BLU WI
AHOY BLUIE W1      
AHUG Bacolod Negros Philippine Isl's    
AIDS St.Croix  Virgin Isl's    
AJAX Fort Chimo Canado     
AJOB Taros Isl Maloelap Atoll Marshall Isl's    
AKKO Anatahan Isl  Marianas Isl's    
AKRY Davao Mindanao Philippine Isl's    
ALEC Anchorage Alaska     
ALOL  Italy     Allied Air Forces in Southern Europe
ALTO Kauai Isl  Hawaii Isl's    
AMEN Kamiri Noemfoor Isl New Guinea    
AMMU Sourabaya(Sorerabaja) Java     
AMOB Puluwat Isl Truk Lagoon Caroline Isl's    
AMPERSAND Espiritu Santo Island  Mariana Islands    
AMUL Fefan Isl Truk Lagoon Caroline Isl's    
ANAG Marrak(USArmy Air Fld) Greenland     
ANEW Vienna Austria     
ANNA Ormoc Leyte Philippine Isl's    
ANOR Sarigan Isl  Marianas Isl's    
ANTIQUA    6AF   
ANWE Guguan Isl  Marianas Isl's    
APEN Uman Isl Truk Lagoon Caroline Isl's    
APOP Ondonga  New Georgia Isl's    
APOTHECARY Samoa      
APPI Koepang Timor     
APUS Doroeba Morotai Isl     
AQUILLA    6AF   
AQUILLA    6AF   
ARCH(Bleacher)    7AF Central Pac  Formerly (Bleacher)
ARGO   Galapagos Isl's    
ARTHRITIS   Solomon Islands    
ARTU Tokuno Shima Amami Gunto Ryukyu Retto    
ARUBA    6AF   
ASEG Param Isl Truk Lagoon Caroline Is's    
ASUN Dhahren Saudia Arabia     
ATBE Kendari Celebes     
ATKINSN    6AF   
ATMO Split Yugoslavia     (Spakato-Italian)
ATOM Wallis Isl  Samoa Isl's    
AUNT Jaluit  Marshall Isl's    
AUTO  Indonesia     
AUTO Batavia Java     
AVOW Nauru Isl  Gilbert Isl's    
AWAT  Iceland     
AWIG Izena Jima Okinawa Gunto Ryukyu Retto    
AWOL Tarawa  Gilbert Isl's    
AWWA Cagayan Mindanao Philippine Isl's    
AZAS Waianae Oahu Hawaii Isl's    
AZEK Beyrout(Beirut) Lebanon Syria    
AZUP Bogota Colombia     
BACK Aitutaki Isl  Cook Isl's    
BAD Brisbane Air Depot Australia     
BADE  Canal Zone  6AF Caribbean  Carabbean, North atlantic;PAA. TACA, USN
BAIT Kushikino Kyushu Japan    
BAJO Koror isl  Palau Isl's    
BALD Molokai Isl  Hawaii Isl's    
BALSA  Midway Island  7AF Central Pac  Formerly (Verb)
BAMA Humbolt Bay New Guinea     
BANK JTF3(secret) Kwajalein Atoll     
BANOS       
BANT Uisan Korea     
BANT Ulsan Korea     
BARN(Silver)  Puerto Rico  6AF Caribbean  Formerly (Silver)
BASS By country New Zealand     
BATH Skull Cliff Alaska  11AF   
BAUB Sibenik Yugoslavia     
BAWA Cornerbrook Newfoundland     
BAXI San Carlos Negros Philippine Isl's    
BEABE    6AF   
BEANE    6AF   
BEAR By country Dominican Republic     
BEDO Havannah Harbor Efate Isl New Hebride Isl's    
BEHU Le Havre France     
BEKU Calbayog Samar Philippine Isl's    
BENT Calcutta India  10AF Asia  
BETA    6AF   
BETI Chinnampo Korea     
BEVY Guadalcanal Isl  Solomon Isl's 13AF South Pac FEA ATC, SCAT
BIAS Ndeni  Santa Cruz Isl's    
BIFI Engebi Isl Eniwetok Atoll     
BIGI       
BIHO Oro Bay New Guinea  5AF SWPac  
BIHO    5AF   
BILL Red Cliff Newfoundland     
BINGO       
BINU Summitt Canal Zone     
BIRCH    7AF Central Pac  Formerly (Iron)
BIRD By country China     
BIVE Okinawa Jima  Ryukyu Retto    
BLCKSTR       aka Black Star
BLEACHER Tongatabu Tonga Islands  7AF   
BLECHER    7AF Central Pac  aka Bleacher & Arch
BLOT Morocco French Morocco Africa 12AF MTO  Medeterania Theater
BLUNAL 19AF??      
BLUWS 8 19AF??      
BOAR By country Venezuela     
BOBCAT  Bora Bora Island Society Islands    
BODKIN       
BODY Rongerik Atoll  Marshall Isl's    
BOLERO       
BOLI Santa Maria Azores     
BOOM Guayaquil Ecuador     
BOSS Stokholm Sweden     
BOTE Keehe Lagoon Oahu, Honolulu Hawaii Isl's    
BOUT Inchon Korea     
BOWL Gelibolu Turkey     
BOZO Lautoka Viti Levu Isl Fiji Isl's    
BRAN Dobodura New Guinea     
BRED Nasan Island Green Isl     
BRICABRAC Ndeni Island  Santa Cruz Islands    
BRIG   Yap Isl's    
BRONZE    11AF Alaska  20TSP
BROW Awase Ikinawa Gunto Ryukyu Retto    
BUDU Jacquinot Bay New Britain     
BULL   Japan 5/8AF  5AF 
BUMB    12AF   
BUMP    12AF   
BUNK Iminato Honshu Japan    
BUPA Kudat British North Borneo     
BURL Helsinki Finland     
BUSH  Ponape     
BUTO Havana Cuba     
BUTTONS  Espiritu Santo New Hebride Isl's 13AF S,SWPac FEA 
BUYS  Truk Group Caroline Isl's    
CABS Aden Arabia North Africa    
CACH Gatun Canal Zone     
CACTUS Guadalcanal-Tulagi  Solomon Islands    
CADU Balikpapan Borneo     
CAFE Belem Brazil     
CARL Sasebo Kyushu Japan    
CARP By country Uruguay     
CASA Ebeye Island Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Isl's    
CATE       
CAVI    12AF Europe  
CEDAR      ATC 
CEMA  Eniwetok Isl     
CERISE       
CHAP  Eritrea Africa    
CHAY Cold Bay Alaska     
CHEEKSTRAP New Caledonia      
CHEROKE    10AF  ATC 
CHERVIL Fiji Island      
CHOO Pohong Korea(secret)     
CHUG Tinghai Harbor Chusan Isl China    
CIDI Agana Guam Marianas Isl's    
CIMO Buota Isl Tarawa Atoll     
CIRA Nantambu New Britain     
CLAM By country Nicaragua     
CLAN Aratu Brazil     
CLAY  Germany(west)     
CLUB Osaka Honshu Japan    
COIN Mersin Turkey     
COKE Hongkong China     
COMPERR Suva  Fiji Islands    
CONE Callao Peru     
COPPER  Territory of Hawaii     
COST  Treasury Islands Solomon Isl's    
COWL   Santa Cruz Isl's    
CRAB Honolulu Oahu Hawaii Isl's    
CROMLECH Bora Bora Island      
CROW  Pretoria Union of South Africa    
CRUX       
CUBA    6AF   
CUBA 2    6AF   
CUCI  Ujelang Marshall Isl's    
CUCO Hinundayan Leyte Philippie Isl's    
CULA Point Barrow Alaska     
CULIFLOWER Upolu Samoa     
CULT Philippine Sea Frontier      
CULVERT Chungking China  14AF Asia/China  
CURB Merauke New Guinea     
CUSS Bougainville Isl  Solomon Isl's    
DACK St.Anthony Newfoundland     
DAFT Angmagssalik Greenland     
DAGO Basra Iraq North Africa   ATC 
DALE Tanahmerah Bay New Guinea     
DASS Simintok Greenland     
DAUB Karachi India  10AF   ATC
DAWE  Yap Isl     
DAYO Laoag Luzon Philippine Isl's    
DEBS Kotor Yugoslavia     
DECK Prestwick Scotland  8AF Europe  
DEED Yamagawa Southern Kyushu Japan    
DEER By country Brazil     
DELL Puerto Barrios Guatemala     
DENY Formosa Nat'l Rep of China     
DERM Tourane French Indo-China     
DESA Viru  Solomon Isl's    
DIAL Lunga Point Guadalcanal Isl Solomon Isl's    
DIBI Ceram Isl Netherlands East Indies     
DIET Eten Isl Truk Caroline Isl's    
DIMI       
DIRK Tillotson Cove Russell Isl Solomon Isl's    
DISH Adak  Aleutian Isl's 11AF   
DIZO Palermo Italy     
DOFO Kaneohe Oahu Hawaii Isl's    
DOTI Los Negros Manus Island Admiralty Isl's    
DRAB Waller Field Trinidad British West Indies    
DUAB Karachi India  10AF Asia  
DUCK Clevelandia Brazil     
DUCOL    14AF   
DUCOL    14AF   
DUKO  Italy  12AF   
DUMB Orote Guam Isl Marianas Isl's    
DUPE Otomari Karafuto Japan    
DUTO Havana Cuba     
DUVA 20 AF Guam Jul 1945 Guam Isl Marianas Isl's 10AF   
DYJO Legaspi Main Luzon Philippine Isl's    
DYKE Port Lyautey Morocco     
EACH  Newfoundland     
EARL Bombay India     
EARN Nagoya Honshu Japan    
EBBI Lukunor Isl Nomoi Isl     
EBIF Brunie British North Boreno     
EBON  Epiritu Santo New Hebride Isl's 13AF S,SPac FEA 
EBYX Iloilo Panay Philippine Isl's    
ECET Paris France     Commander US Naval Forces
ECHO Sydney Australia     
ECLA Dingalan Luzon Philippine Isl's    
EDDA Takao Formosa, Jaicuan Nat'l Rep of China    
EDEW Taongi Atoll  Marshall Isl's    
EDIT Tongatabu Isl  Tonga Isl's    
EDUR Milne Bay New Guinea     
EFAB Sao Luis Brazil     
EFEW  Greece     
EFSE       
EFUN Chimu Wan Okinawa Gunto Ryukyu Retto    
EGUS Puerta Princesa Palawan Philippine Isl's    
EHAD Erikub Atoll  Marshall Isl's    
EKES Kardeljeno Yugoslavia     
ELAP Moscow Russia     
ELBO Canton China     
ELDE Waimanalo HI, Oahu     
ELIK Abadan Iran     
ELLA Tsingtao China     
ELMDORF    11AF   
ELMS Algiers Algeria  12AF MTO  Med theater of operations;ATC
ELOW Kornasoren Noemfoor Island New Guinea    
EMIT Le Shima  Ryuku Retto    
EMOV France Field CZ, Panama     
ENAP Wahiawa HI, Oahu     
ENED Morotai  Netherlands East Indies    
ENFI Hall Isl  Caroline Islands    
ENUN Masinloc Luzon Philippines    
EPAG Alexandria Egypt     
EPHU   Marianas    
EPIC Noumea New Caledonia  13AF South Pac  POA
EREH Urukthapel Isl  Palau Group    
EROF Ailinglapalap Atoll  Marshall Isl's    
ERYF Salonika Greece     
ESAN Pakin Isl  Carolone Isl's    
ESEP Lyttleton New Zealand     
ESOK Bishop's Point HI,Oahu     
ETEK Malto UK     His Majestys Dockyard
ETIB Manado Celeben     
ETOG Madras India     
ETUP Alexishafen  New Guinea    
EVIG Ant Isl  Caroline Isl's    
EVIL Honshu Japan     
EVOK Rabual New Britain     
EWEK Ngargol Isl  Caroline Isl's    
EWOP Talases New Britain     
EXAM JTF#3<secret> Eniwetok     
EXIT Laguaira Venezuela     
FACE Entigua  British West Indies    
FAD Fairfield Air Depot Ohio     
FAIN Wonsan Korea     
FAKE Bora Bora Isl  Society Isl's    
FALL Barter Isl Alaska     
FANTAN   Fiji Islands 13AF South Pac  
FANTAN I Nandi Viti Levu Fiji Islands 13AF South Pac  
FANTAN II Suva Viti Levu Fiji Islands 13AF South Pac  
FARM Fortaleza Brazil     
FARO Kodiak Alaska     
FATA Jolo Isl  Philippines    
FEAR Recife Brazil  6AF South America  
FEAR    6AF   
FEET Hopedale Labnrador     
FEGE Ngeregong Isl  Palau Group    
FIBU       
FIFU Dubronik Yugoslavia     
FINK Miyako Jima  Ryuku Retto    
FISH By country Africa (Br)     
FLAK St.Naxaire France     
FLEE Kwajalein Isl  Marshall Group    
FLIP Nikolaevsk Russia     
FLOE Borinquen Field Puerto Rico     
FOCA Fairbanks Alaska     
FOGS Eniwetok Isl  Marshall Group    
FOLD Tulagi  Solomon Isl's    
FONY Bizerte Tunisia North Africa    
FOOT Volos Greece     
FORSOOTH Brisbane (43-45) Australia     
FOURSQUARE Panama Canal Zone     
FRANCE    8AF   
FRAY Pearl Harbor Oahu Island Hawaii islands    
FROG By country Bolivia     
FULCRUM    13AF SouthPac  
FURL Dublon Island Truk Caroline Islands    
FYFO Calapan Mindoro Philippines    
GABA Santos Brazil South America    
GAFO Abemama  Gilbert Islands    
GAIN Aruba  Netherland East Indies    
GALE  Bermuda British West Indies    
GAMB  France     Western Coast of France from St.Nazarie to Spanish Border
GASI Batangas Luzon Philippines    
GAVU Cavite Luzon Philippines    
GECK Luga (RAF base) Malta     
GEFI Ormed island Wotje Atoll     
GENT  Nanking China    
GERMANY    15AF   
GETE Lingayen Luzon Philippines    
GIFT  Johnston Isl Pacific    Naval Base
GINS Ningpo Pininsula (north shore)      
GISA Rongelap Island  Marshall Islands    
GIWA Clark Field Luzon Philippines    
GLEN Oran Algeria  12AF MTO  
GLOW Rendova New Georgia Islands Solomon Islands    
GLUE    9AF   
GLUM Eleuthera Bahama Island Bahama islands    
GOAL Attu  Aleutians Islands    
GOAT Berlin Germany     
GOGI  Turkey     
GOKU       
GOOSE     North Atlantic  
GOPA Tufi New Guinea     
GOWN Cairns Australia     
GRASS       
GROG Itomi Honshu Japan    
GRUMPY    6AF   
GRUMPY    6AF   
GUATMAL    6AF   
GUSH Moen Island Truk Caroline Islands    
HACK Kobe Honshu Japan    
HAD    7AF   
HAD Wheller Fld Oahu Island Hawaii Islands    
HAEMATITE Funa Futi Island  Ellice Islands    
HAGG Moulins France     
HAIL  France     Northern coast of France from French-Belgium boarder to ad including St.Nazaire
HAIR Rotterdam Netherlands     
HALA Wickham Anchorage Solomon Islands    
HARD Nagasaki Kyushu Japan    
HARE By country Netherland East Indies     
HASH Shanghai China     
HASP Nassau  Bahama Islands    
HATE Ariake Wan Southern Kyshu Japan    
HATTI    6AF   Code Word or Base folled by FEA
HATU  France     
HAVE Buenaventura Columbia     
HAWK By country Turkey     
HAZY Takoradi, Gold Coast West Africa     
HEATH  Africa   AME  Africa Middle east
HEDA Woleai Island  Caroline Islands    
HERMIT Auckland New Zealand     
HERO Constantine Harbor Amchitka Aleutian Islands    
HESTH    9AF   
HESU Cape Hoskins New Britain     
HICK Aguni Shima, Ikinawa Gunto  Ryuku Retto    
HIFA Akutan  Aleutian Islands    
HIKE Barranquilla Columbia     
HINI   Azore Islands    
HOCU Trieste Italy     
HODE Saipan Island  Solomon Islands    
HOLLY Canton Island  Phoenix Islands 7AF   
HOLT Zamboanga Mindanao Philippine Islands    
HOMY Vera Cruz Mexico     
HOOD Bakar Yugoslavia     
HORN Torokina Bougainville Isl Solomon Islands    
HOSO  Ulithi Island     
HOST  Tutuila Island Samoa Islands    
HOUR  Upolu Island Samoa Islands    
HOWL Renard Sound Russell Island Solomon Islands    
HUCK Cartagena Columbia South America    
HUGE Tol Island Truk Caroline Islands    
HULA       Lend-lease transfer of material and training of personnel in 13th & 17th Nava; Districts
HURL Funa Futi  Elice Islands    
HYBO Waki Beach Kyushu Japan    
IBEG San Fernando (Union) Luzon Philippine Islands    
IBIS Koje-DO Korea     
ICIZ Tungao China     
IDIG Rio de Janerio Brazil South America    Joint Braz-US Military Commission (Air Sect.)
IDLE Ascension Island  South Atlantic 6AF   
IFBO Nami Atoll  Marshall Islands    
IFLU Kasaie Island  Mrashall Islands    
IGCO Ebon or Boston Atoll  Marshall Islands    
IGIL Wewak New Guinea     
IGNA Kana Kopa New Guinea     
IHAP Oroluk  Caroline Islands    
IHEW Ujae Atoll  Marshall Islands    
IHUB Maug Islands  Marianas Islands    
IJIF Lanai Island  Hawii Islands    
IJUR Bikini Atoll  Marshall Islands    
IKAT Masbate Masbate Philippine Islands    
IKES Ngulu Island  Caroline Islands    
ILED Namoluk Island  Caroline Islands    
ILME Tonelik Island  Caroline Islands    
ILUM Balayan Luzon Philippine Islands    
ILVA Pagan Island  Mariana Islands    
IMBU Iwakuni Honshu Japan    
IMOS Dunedin  New Zealand    
IMPS  British Guiana South America    
INCH London England United Kindom    
IND CHI    20AF   
INEZ Amsterdam Netherlands     
IPLO Marcus Island  Mariana Islands    
IRET  New Caledoina     
IRMA Cruncher Island Greenland     
IRON Oahu Island  Hawaii Islands 7AF Central Pac  
ISBO Kabarei Bay Waigeo Island     
ISUP Pusan Korea     
ITALY    15AF   
ITAX   Halmahera Group    
IVAN Tientsin China     
IVES Ishigaki Shima Sakishima Gunto Japan    
IVUP Arakabesan Island  Palau Group    
IWOD Pulupandan Gegros Philippine Islands    
IZOC Frobisher Bay Canada North America    
IZUR Pusan Korea     
JACK  Bahamas Islands British West Indies    
JADE Perth Australia     
JAFI Puunene Maui Island Hawaii Islands    
JAIL Port Said Egypt     
JAMPUFF Nandi  Fiji Islands    
JEFF Chefoo China     
JELE Bishi Gawa Ilinawa Gunto     
JERK Wellington New Zealand     
JEST Sangley Pt Luzon Philippine Islands    
JIHO Ikatek Greenland     
JIST Southern Kyushu Island  Japan    
JIXA Vladivostok Russia     
JOAN  Turkey     
JODU Misamis Mindanao Philippine Islands    
JOEY Yosu Korea     
JOGO Accra Gold Coast West Africa  AME  Africa Middle East
JOIN Dutch Harbor  Aleutian islands    
JOLE Fernando de Norobha Island Coast of Brazil South America    
JOWL Exeter Devonshire England    
JUDY Laulaulei Oahu Island Hawaii Islands    
KAKA Cartwright Labrador     
KALE Marseilles France     
KANT Odessa Russia     
KEDI Kobler Saipan     
KELP Tel Avir Isreal     
KESO Subic Bay Luzon Philippine Islands    
KEYRING Wellington New Zealand     
KICK Narvik Norway     
KIDS Shimonoseki Honshu Japan    
KILT Hungnam Korea     
KLAG Okino Daito Jima  Ryuku Retto    
KODIAK  Alaskan area  11AF   
KODIAK    11AF   
KOLA Gander Newfoundland     
KOMO Great Sitkin Island  Aleutian Islands    
KRAS Iriomote Shima Skishima Gunto Japan    
KUHO Coron Bay Palawan Philippine Islands    
KULU Oslo Norway     Allied Air Forces, Northern Europe
KURT Vladivostok Russia     
LACE Yawata Kyushu Japan    
LADY  Christmas Island  7AF   
LAIT Majuro Atoll  Marshall Islands    
LAJO CinCPac Ordnance Pool      
LAKSPR (**LAKSPR)       Formerly LARKSPUR
LAMB By country Cuba     
LARK Djibouti French Isomali Land      
LAWN St.Lucia  British West Indies    
LAWYER (**LAYWER)      Formerly IDLE
LAZY Kusaic Island      
LEER Paramashiru  Kuril Islands    
LEFT Brisbane Australia  5AF SWPac  
LEHA Hulutao China     
LENO Bahrein Island Persian Gulf     
LETA Tanaga  Aleutain Islands    
LILY Takubar China     
LIMB Samarai Island New Guinea     
LION By country Chile     
LIRP Tinian Island  Mariana Islands    
LISP Port du Prince Haiti     
LODE Mecatina Labrador     
LOIN Rijaka Yugoslavia     Italian-Finue, Yugoslavia
LONT Kagman Saipan Mariana Islands    
LOOT Cyprus Island      
LOSA Nomoi Atoll      
LOUD St. Thomas  Virgin Islands    
LUNI Apia  Samoa Islands    
LYNX By country Australia (Br)     
MACK White Beach, Buckner Bay Okinawa     
MACY Rodman Canal Zone     
MAG PIE **MAG PIE      
MAKE Otter Point, Unmak Alaska     
MAMA Kogoshima Kyushu Japan    
MARG Patras Greece     
MAROON  **MAROON      
MASK Taohwa Shan (Tao Hua Tao) China     
MATO Motobu Pennisula Okinawa Gunto Ryukyu Retto    
MAZE Melbourne Australia     
MEGA Bahia Brazil     
MELINITE **MELNITE      Formerly MELINITE
MEND Norfolk Island      
MERCURY **MERCURY   6AF Caribbean  
MESA Saglek Labrador     
MICA **MICA   13AF South Pacific  
MIDWAY **MIDWAY   7AF   
MILD Canton Island  Phoenix Islands 7AF Central Pac  
MINA Bacuit Palawan Philippine Islands    
MINK By country Britain     
MINK **MINK =see remarks      (MINK FORMOTH: Britian for Russia; BR RU)
MIRY Kaveng New Ireland     
MOAN Timor Island      
MOCK Saidor Island New Guinea     
MOKO Khabarovsk Siberia     
MOLE By country Peru     
MORT Kure Area Honshu Japan    
MOTH Stananger Norway     (MINK for MOTH:Britian for Russia, BR RU)
MULE Suva  Fiji Islands    
MUMP Casiguran Sounc Luzon Philippine Islands    
MYTH Wadke Island New Guinea     
NALD Tsuruga Honshu Japan    
NASAL **NASAL   10AF   
NEDA Makin Island  Gilbert Islands    
NEIGHBOR **NEIGHBOR      
NEPU Saragani Mindanao Philippine Islands    
NEWT Goose Bay Labrador   ATC  
NICE Sondrestrom A. B. Greenland     
NICK       
NIGO Fukushima Gawa Kyushu japan    
NITT (*NITT) From Armed Forces Saigon Indo-China     
NIXI Haiphong Indo-China     
NUDE Biak Island New Guinea     
NUKO Lu Wang (Liu Heng Tao) China     
NUTT Frankfurt On Main Germany     
OAKE Ningpo Peninsula (S Shore)      
OBEY Otaru Hokkaido Japan 13AF Pac Islands  
OBUM       
OCIDENT **OCIDENT    North Atlantic ATC Formerly OCCIDENTAL
OCILOT **OCILOT      
OCOF Saishu To Island South of Korea     
OCUP Tarakan Borneo     
ODEW Copenhagen Denmark     
ODUD Moloelap Island  Marshall Islands    
OGIT Japen Island New Guinea     
OHAM Bari Italy  15AF   
OHBA  Wenchow China     
OHOV (*OHOV) Montevideo Uruguay     
OILY Reykjavik Iceland    ATC Formerly PEWTER
OJER Nuku Fetau Island  Ellice Islands    
OJOL Aurapushekard Island  Palau Group    
OKIS Bergen Norway     
OKRA Townsville Australia     
OLES Talaud Island Netherland East Indies     
OLIVE **OLIVE   14AF Asia  
OMIB Eil Malk island  Palau Group    
ONCE **ONCE   12AF   
ONEP Taranto Italy     
ONOTO **ONOTO    North Atlantic ATC 
ONUG Buna New Guinea     
OREX Seeadler Harbor Manus Island Admiralty Islands    
ORGY Isle of Pines Cuba     
OROB Palmyra Island      
OSEF Sandakan  British North Borneo    
OSSO Tacloban Leyte Philippine Islands 5AF SWPac ATC 
OTAV Nakadori Shima Kyushu Japan    
OTEN Toulon France     
OUCH Russell Island  Solomon Islands    
OVIS    13AF   
OVOG Southhampton England     
OVUM Cape Sansapor New Guinea     
OWLS Gunsan, Zenshu Korea     
PACT Chungking China  14AF Asia, ATC  Formerly CULVERT
PAGE Fanning Island      
PALM Derince Turkey     
PALOMAR **PALOMAR    ATC  
PARMABO **PARMABO, see remarks      Formerly Paramabibo
PAWL Ivigtut Greenland     
PEAK Maui Island  Hawaii Islands    
PECAN **PECAN   6AF Caribbean  
PEPE Gaja Shima (Gasha Shima)  Ryuku Retto    
PERO Protsmouth England     
PEWTER **PEWTER    NotAtl, ATC  Formerly OILY
PIBO   Caroline Islands    
PICKUP **PICKUP      
PIDA Mios Woendi Island New Guinea     
PIKE La Spezia Italy     
PILU Millimgimbi Australia     
PINK (Classified)      
PIRT Manicani Island Leyte Gulf Philippine Islands    
PITH Port of Spain Trinidad British West Indies    
PLAY Tangier Morocco     
PLEA Bikati Island      
PLOD Keflavik Iceland     
PLUG Nuevitas Cuba     
PLUM **PLUM      
PLUMB **PLUMB   13AF Philippines  
POKE Kiska  Aleutian islands    
POLLARD **POLLARD   6AF Caribbean  
PONT Yaku Shima  Ryukyu Retto    
POPPY **POPPY   13AF South Pac  Formerly EPIC
PRAD **PRAD Puerto Rico  6AF Caribbean  
PRIM Lae New Guinea     
PUJA Nandi  Fiji Islands 13AF South Pac  Formerly FAN TAN II
PUMA By country Norway     
PYRE Barakoma Vella Lavella Solomon Islands    
QUINCE **QUINCE      
QUITO **QUITO    ATC  
RAFI Baler Bay Luzon Philippine Islands    
RAGE Moji Kyishu Japan    
RAMU Angaur Island  Palau Group    
RASI Emirau Island New Ireland     
REAP   Fiji Islands 13AF SoPac,ATC,FEA,POA  
REDU Satawan Island Nomoi Atoll     
REET Trondheim Norway     
RELY Jamaica  British West Indies    
REPA Cotabato Mindanao Philippine Islands    
RETO Civitaveccia Italy     
RHUM Kume Jima  Ryuku Retto    
RICH Thule Greenland     
RILL Ust-Bolsheretsk Kamchatka     
RIND  Gibraltar     
RITA (*RITA) Brindisi Italy     
ROAM Yakutat Alaska     
RODO Hiroshima  Japan    
RONU Barbers Pt Oahu Island Hawaii Islands    
ROSES **ROSES   13AF South Pac  
RUMA **RUMA      
RUNT Samaria Village, Kiwai Island New Guinea     
RUTH Kochi Shikoku Japan    
RUWI Guantanamo Cuba     
SAGE Cristobal Canal Zone     
SAHO Fukuoka Kyushu Japan    
SAPU Roi Island  Marshall Islands    
SAVE  Newfoundland   North Atlantic  
SCAB South Seymour Island  Galapagos Islands 6AF   
SCOT Tongareva Island      
SCUM Lagos Nigeria Africa    
SEAL By country India (Br)     
SECU Kahului Maui Island Hawaii Islands    
SELO Mille Island  Marshall Islands    
SEST Naja AB Okinawa Jima Ryuku Retto    
SEVA Babelthuap Island  Palau Group    
SHAD By country Guatemala     
SHAG Munda New Georgia Island Solomon Islands 5AF   
SHOD Madang New Guinea     
SICILY    12AF   
SIDU  Luzon Philippine Islands    
SILVER    6AF Caribbean  
SIRE Midlothian Kirknewton RAF Sta. England     Including;Wales, Flintshire, Scotland.
SKID Dakar Senegal French West Africa    
SKIN Bremen Germany     
SLAB Antwerp Belgium     (for Belgium & Luxembourg)
SLED Plaines des Giacs New Caledonia     
SLIP Toro Point Canal Zone     
SLUR Mactan Island  Philippine Islands    
SNOWMAN Melbourne Australia     
SOAL Vigan Luzon Philippine Islands    
SONG Venice Italy     
SORT Atka  Aleutian Islands    
SOULAT     South Atlantic  
SOXO England Europe  8AF   
SPAN Rota Island  Mariana Islands    
SPAVIN  Australia     
SPRAY       BuShips Special Movement of Hull & Machinery Spart Parts
STAB Singapore China     
STIR Peiping China     
STRUCTR  Liberia West Africa    
SUMAC  Australia  5AF SWPac  
SUNO Gasmata New Britain     
SURF  Wake Island     
SUXE Vila Harbor Efate Island New Hebrides    
SWAG Hakodato Hokkaido Japan    
SWAN By country El Salvador     
SWIM New Delhi India     
TAGG Iheya Jima Okinawa Gunto Ryuku Retto    
TAGO Mingan, Quebec Canada     
TALC Colombo Ceylon     
TAMA Petropavlovsk Kamchatka     
TAWU Sungum New Guinea     
TEACUP  Admiralty Islands     
TEAK Port Moresby New Guinea     
TESI Nakagusuku  Ryuku Retto    
THAW Stephenville Newfoundland     
TICK Porto Alegre Brazil     
TIDE BLUIE W8      
TILE Cherbourg France     
TISH Genoa Italy     
TOAD By country Columbia     
TOBY Khorramshahr Iran     
TOGE Aparri Luzon Philippine Islands    
TOSA Shibushi Kyushu Japan    
TOVO Buenos Aires Argentina     
TRIM Hollandia New Guinea     
TRIO Sydney, Breton Island Nova Scotia     
TRUCULENCE Efate Island      
TUDY Lisbon Portugal     
TULE Cebu  Philippine Islands    
TUNA    6AF Caribbean  
TURK Shemya Island  Aleutian Islands    
TWIG Biloboa Spain     
TWIN Chingwangtao China     
UBEB Takasu Southern Kyushu Japan    
UCAB Cagayan River Valley  Philippine Islands    
UCIP Manila Luzon Philippine Islands 7AF   
UCOW Miyagahama Kyushu Japan    
UDAD Izmir Turkey     
UFIX Tawix Tawi Island  Philippine Islands    
UFOB Lagonoy Gulf  Philippine Islands    
UGAL  Namonuito Islands Caroline Islands    
UGIT Mugio  Ryuku Retto    
UGLY  Europe  8AF   
UGLY   Great Britain 8AF Europe  
UGUD  Mindoro Philippine Islands    
UHEX  Palawan Philippine Islands    
UJAW Natal Brazil     
ULAV Nanomea Island  Ellice Islands    
ULIV Chici Jima Island  Bonin Group    
ULOD  Samar Philippine Islands    
ULUS  San Christobal Island     
UMEK Bandar Shapur Iran     
UMID Muscat(Masqat), Oman Arabia     
UMNAK  Alaska     
UNCLE JOE  Russia  11AF   
URED Aarbus Demark     
URIK  Iwo Jima Island Kazin Group 7AF Cen Pac  
UROM Finschhafen (Finsch Horbor) New Guinea  5AF South Pac  
URUB Okayama Honshu Japan    
URUX Ewa Oahu Island Hawaii Islands    
USIT Cape Gloucester New Britain     
UTEG Santiago Chile     
UVIS Koli Pt Guadalcanal Solomon Islands 13AF   
VACO Oporto Portugal     
VARY Suez Egypt   AME  
VAWS  Peleiu Island Palau Group    
VERB  Midway Island  7AF Cen Pac  
VERULAM Tongatabu Island      
VEST Zebrugge Belgium & Luxembourg     
VIDA Nigata Honshu Japan    
VIRU  Baker Island     
WABO Seishin (Ch'Ongjin) Korea     
WADKE  Wadke Island     
WALK Port Darwin Australia     
WASP By country Mexico     
WEAK Pola Yugoslavia     
WHAM Avacha Bay Kamchatka     
WHIP Coco Solo Canal Zone     
WHIZ Yokashuka Honshu Japan    
WIHE Tayabas Bay  Philippine Islands    
WILDFLOWER    8AF Europe  Belgian-Holland Coast North from French-Belgiam Border
WIPE    8AF Europe  Belgian-Holland Coast North from French-Belgiam Border
WOLF By country Ecuador     
WONE   Palau Islands (Group)    
WOTI   Bonin Islands (Group)    
WOW    20AF   
WOWA Marpi Point Saipan Mariana Islands    
WREN Cancelled      
WUBI  Polillo Island Philippine Islands    
WUTA  Mindanao Philippine Islands    
YAWL Caracoa  Netherland West Indies    
YEKY Sendai Honshu Japan    
YELP Auckland New Zealand  5AF South Pac  Formerly (Fulcrum)
YONK Kikai Jima (Kikaiga-Shima)  Ryuku Retto    
ZAMO Wakayama Honshu Japan    
ZANDREY    6AF   
ZBIM Farfan Canal Zone     
ZEGA Pago Pago  Samoa Islands    
ZOBE Holstenborg Greenland     
ZORA Padloping Island Canada     
FORSOOTH Townsville (1942)  Australia 5AF   
STILO Port Moresby (1942-)  New Guinea 5AF   
ORGANGRINDER Gusap (1942-)  New Guinea 5AF   

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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 02:16:44 PM
Terry -
    I was under the impression that the "A" stood for "Allocated" (to 8th AF, etc) and the "R" was "Received".

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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 06:51:48 PM
Robert:
My understanding is that the Service in question would have accepted delivery of the aircraft prior to shipment,  perhaps then then aircraft would be allocated to a specific group or sqd after arriving at it destination.
 
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Re:Acronyms - 08/20/2008 10:53:10 PM
Terry:
    The Delivery/Acceptance of the plane is elsewhere on the IARC.  The "A" and "R" both appear in lines showing the movement of the plane to overseas assignment.
    Thus, for example, the line with an "A" would indicate that the plane was Allocated to, say, SOXO.  The following line, with an "R" would then show the date the plane was received at SOXO.
    I have transcripts of B-24 movements that clearly show this and will post an example tomorrow.

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Re:Acronyms - 08/21/2008 07:43:54 AM
Terry;  Below find a transcript of the IARC for a B-24 going to SOXO.  Note that the plane was accepted on 3/7 and delivered on 3/8.
The plane departed US on 4/25 and the following lines indicate it was allocated ("A") to SOXO on 4/24, the day before departure, and received ("R") by SOXO on 5/2.

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42-94925
Contract  AC-21216                            PROJECT  DOM 134a                        B-24H-20  Willow Run
Accepted: 3/7/44                                  Delivered: 3/8/44                      Birmingham Mod Ctr  3/10 – 4/3
Wendover  3/3/44                                Departed Herington 4/21 for Morrison
Departed US  4/25/44
“SOXO            A         8          B24H   42-94925         42444  42744”
“SOXO            R                      B24H   42-94925         5 244   5 544”
“SOXO            CON  OH(?)ALS        M         B24H   8          42-94925         8 144”
“SOXO            REPAIREDR   B24H   8          42-94925         112044            13145”
“SOXO            CON   MISSOP?R     M         8          42-94925         8144    42745”