A list of some of the abbreviations used throughout this website
| AAC | Army Air Corps |
| AAE | Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace (French Air and Space Force) |
| AdlA | Armée de l’Air (French Air Force) |
| AF | Air Force |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| ALAT | Aviation légère de l’armée de Terre (French Land Army) |
| BoBMF | Battle of Britain Memorial Flight |
| Flt | Flight |
| FTS | Flying Training School |
| FW | Fighter Wing |
| GAF | German Air Force |
| GN | German Navy |
| HAS | Hardened Aircraft Shelter |
| Heer | Heeresflieger (German Army Aviation) |
| HMS | Her Majesty’s Ship |
| IAC | Irish Air Corps |
| JHC | Joint Helicopter Command |
| KLu | Koninklijke Luchtmacht (Royal Netherlands Air Force) |
| MCAS | Marine Corps Air Station |
| MOD | Ministry Of Defence |
| NAS | Naval Air Squadron, Naval Air Station |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RDAF | Royal Danish Air Force |
| REME | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Rgt | Regiment |
| RNAS | Royal Naval Air Station, Royal Naval Air Service |
| SOS | Special Operations Squadron |
| Sqn | Squadron |
| TFW | Tactical Fighter Wing |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USS | United States Ship |
| WGAF | West German Air Force |
| WGN | West German Navy |