
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Codewords, Terms
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B
B-17
Four-engine, midwing bomber, developed in 1930s by Boeing. Used widely during World War II in Europe and the Mediterranean theaters. Nine crewmembers. The F-model, used in the Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids of August 1943, had maximum takeoff weight of 72,000 pounds; top speed of 311 miles; and a service ceiling of 35,000 feet. It carried a bombload of 20,800 pounds. Total produced for the AAF, 1940-1945: 12,692.
B-24
Four-engine, midwing bomber, developed by Consolidated Vultee and used in World War II. Eight to 10 crewmembers. Flew in all combat theaters but was especially useful in the Pacific Theater on long-range missions. Served as a bomber, tanker, and transport. The first model used operationally by Army Air Forces bomber units was the B-24D in 1942. The D had a maximum takeoff weight of 60,000 pounds; top speed of 303 miles per hour at 25,000 feet; service ceiling of 32,000 feet; and a combat range of 2,850 miles. Later Ds carried a bombload of 12,800 pounds. Total produced for the AAF, 1940-1945: 18,190.
B-25
Made by North American, the twin-engine, single-wing B-25 was one of Army Air Forces' best medium bombers of World War II. Three to 6 crewmembers. Bombload was 3,000 pounds. The B-model added a power-operated turret, with a 2-gun retractable ventral turret replacing the prone gunner's position in the tail. The Doolittle raid to Japan in April 1942 from the USS Hornet was flown in B-25Bs. The B-25B's maximum takeoff weight was 28,460 pounds; top speed, 300 miles per hour at 15,000 feet; service ceiling, 23,500 feet; and combat range, 1,300 miles. Total produced for the AAF, 1940-1945: 9,816.
B-26
Built by Martin, the B-26 Marauder was a twin-engine, single-wing, medium bomber. Three crewmembers. Sent to Australia in December 1941, B-26As saw action in the Pacific theaters from 1942-1945. Beginning in 1942, they also operated from bases in Alaska and, in November 1942, from North Africa. The B-model commenced operations in Europe in May 1943 with Eighth Air Force. The Ninth Air Force used B-26Bs very successfully in a tactical role, supporting the invasion of Europe from the United Kingdom. The B-26B's maximum takeoff weight was 34,000 pounds; best speed, 317 miles per hour at 14,500 feet; service ceiling, 23,500 feet; and combat range, 1,150 miles. Total produced for the AAF, 1940-1945: 5,157.
B-29
Built by Boeing and used predominantly in the Pacific, the B-29 featured a pressurized cabin, highly advanced remote-control firing system, and a bomb capacity of 20,000 pounds. Powered by 4 Wright R-3350 radial engines, the bomber had 10 crewmembers. The A-model had a maximum takeoff weight of 141,100 pounds; top speed of 358 miles per hour at 25,000 feet; a service ceiling of 31,850 feet; and a combat range of 4,100 miles. Total produced for the AAF, 1940-1945: 3,763.
B-29 (Superdumbo)
Used by the Navy as a rescue plane, the B-29 Superdumbo carried inflatable lifeboats which were dropped from the air into the water.
B-32
Four engine, single-wing bomber, built by Consolidated. Ten crew members. Bombload, 20,000 pounds. Maximum takeoff weight was 111,500 pounds; top speed, 357 miles per hour at 30,000 feet; service ceiling, 30,700 feet; and combat range, 2,500 miles. The B-32 lagged far behind the B-29 in development. Only 15 saw limited combat in the Pacific at the end of World War II.
B-36
Long-range bomber developed by Consolidated. Thought to have potential value in bombing Japan, a contract for 100 B-36s was let in 1943. However, the war was over before the B-36 first flew on August 8, 1946. Normally carried 15 crewmen, including 4 relief men. The B-36s maximum takeoff weight was 410,000 pounds; top speed, 411 miles per hour at 36,400 feet; service ceiling, 39,900 feet; and combat range, 6,800 miles. The Strategic Air Command flew B-36s from 1947 to 1956.
B&LP
Branch Budget and Legislative Planning Branch, War Department
BABACOOTE
Eniwetok Island, Marshall Islands
BABS
Mitsubishi type 97 light bomber (Japanese)
BABYDOLL
BACCHUS
BACHELOR
Mt. Reamur, Bismarck Archipelago
BACKBITER
BACKFALL
BACKGROUND
BACKHANDER
Cape Gloucester, New Britain
BACKSHEESH
Kerama Retto, Nansei Shoto Islands, Japan
B.A.D.
British Admiralty Delegation
BADMINTON
BAGASSE
Garua Harbor, New Britain
BAGGY
BAGWORN
Bailey bridging
Military bridging designed by British engineers
BAIZE
BAKER ROGER
Plan for interception and sinking of 3 enemy blockade runners by American Task Groups in conjunction with air patrols from Natal and Ascension Island (January 1944)
BALANCE
BALCONY
BALDHEAD
BADLNESS
BALDPLATE
Grand Cayman Island, B.W.I.
BALEFUL
BALIWICK
BALLCOCK
BALLINTOY
BALLIOL
Sub-port of embarkation, Excursion Inlet, Alaska
BALMY
Old Providence Island, Caribbean Sea
BALSA
BALSAM
LCT landing inside Onorisi Pass, New Goergia-Munda Area, Solomon Islands
BALTIMORE
BALUSTRADE
BALUT
Cape San Jacques, French Indo China
BAM
BAMBI
BAMBOO
Operations against Hastings Harbor, Victoria Point Area, Burma
BAMBOOZLE
BANANA
Doke Doke, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
BANDAGE
BANDBOX
Casablanca, French Morocco
BANDYCOOT
BANJO
Gozo Island, Mediterranean Sea
BANKNIGHT
Arimegi Plantation, New Britain
BANKNOTE
The Rhine River crossing (24 March 1945)
BANKRATE
Marshall Islands Campaign
BANNERET
St. Croix, Virgin Islands
BANNISTER
Eten Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
BANQUET
Macclesfield Bank, South China Sea
BANTAM
Arawe Harbor, New Britain
BANYAN
Leru Island, Florida Group, Solomon Islands
BANZAI
BAPTISM
Air reconnaissance from North Russia apparently for German BB Tirpitz (May-June 1944)
BAR
BARBERRY
Nasubata Channel, Palawan Island, P.I.
BARFLY
BARGAIN
BARLEY
Lua Point, Treasury Island
BARLEYCORN
Capetown, Union of South Africa
BARNEY
Groups of U.S. submarines to penetrate the minefields in the Tsushima Strait, Japan Sea, and carry out a 3 weeks offensive patrol against the enemy shipping (27 May-30 June 1945)
BARNYARD
Rooke Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BARRACUDA
Undaga Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BARRAGE
Combined sea and air operation to intercept Japanese submarines carrying important officials from Germany to Singapore (11-13 November 1943) (G.B.)
BARRISTER
Plan for capture of Dakar (formerly BLACK and PICADOR).
BASE "1"
U.S. Naval Base, Londonderry, Ireland
BASE "2"
U.S. Naval Base, Gore Loch, Scotland
BASE "A"
U.S. Naval Base, Laugh Erne, Ireland
BASE "B"
U.S. Naval Base, Loch Ryan, Scotland
BASALT
BASEBALL or BB
England to Russia air shuttle
BASHFUL
BASTILLE
Wu Hsii Island, Formosa Strait
BASTION
BATCH
Batdiv
BATHTUB
First U.S. Naval Training Base, British Isles
BATTERUP
BATTERY
BATTING
BAWBEE
BAYTOWN
First assault on mainland of Italy by 8th Army, ferried from West Sicilian ports to landing beaches north of Reggio (3 September 1943) (G.B.)
BAZAAR
Plan for American air support of USSR In event of Japanese attack on Soviet Union. Also code name for U.S. survey project of air facilities in Siberia.
Bazooka
Rocket launcher, hand-carried (anti-tank weapon)
BB
BC
BCC(L)
BOLERO Combined Committee (London)
BCC(W)
BOLERO Combined Committee (Washington)
BCRA
Bureau Central de Renseignements et d'Action (Central Intelligence and Operations Bureau)
BCT
Bd
BEADLE
BEADSMAN
BEARCAT
BEARSKIN
Release of certain information to Tito to coordinate peak of Partisan activity
BEAST
BEAVER
A training exercise held in the Slapton Sands area in England in March 1944, employing elements of the VII Corps and simulating the later assault on UTAH Beach
BECKY
BEDFORD
BEDMAKER
BEDPOST
Pulap Island, Caroline Islands
BEDROCK
Nusam Island, Solomon Sea
BEDSACK
BEDSIDE
La Perouse Strait, Santa Cruz Islands
BEECHNUT
U.S. First Military District
BEEFSTEAK
Emirau Island, Admiralty Islands
BEEMAN
Makari, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
BEERHOUSE
Jenkins Bay, Sideia Island
BEESWING
BEETHOVEN
Richtofen Bay, New Britain
BEFRIEND
Taroa Island, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands
BEGONIA
Siota, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islaznds
BEGRUDGE
Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands
BEGUILE
Operations against Hokkaido, Japan
BEHEAD
BELABOR
Cape Croiselles, New Guinea
Belgian gates
Steel gates used either as barricades or beach obstacles. Also known as Element "C."
BELLOWS
BELLTENT
BELMONT
BELSHAZZER
BENEFICE
Anatahan Island, Marianas Islands
BENEFIT
BENEVOLENT
BEQUEST
Yap Island, Caroline Islands
BERLIN
BERRY
BESTRIDE
Faisi, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
BETA
South Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands
BETHESDA
BETTY
Mitsubishi type 1 twin-engine medium bomber (Japanese)
BETTY
Porlock Harbor, New Guinea
BEULAH
BEVY
Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
BEWILDER
BEWITCH
BIAS
BIBLICAL
BICARBONATE
Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BICYCLE
Pambukan Sur, Samar, P.I.
BIDDIE
BIGCLUB
BIGDRUM
Feint to screen UTAH Beach assault force during Normany invasion
BEGELOW
BIGHEART
Pointe Noire, French Africa
BIGHUSKY
American Mission, Fortaleza, Brazil
BIGOT
Special security procedure for future operations.
BIGTOP
Accra, Gold Coast, Africa
BIGWIG
BILGE
Mission Pier, Trobriand Island, New Guinea
BILIOUS
BILLFISH
Mave (Rahe) River, New Guinea
BILLSTICKING
Huon Peninsula, New Guinea
BILLYCAN
BINDWEED
BINGHAM
Establishment of air forces at Zara (Yugoslavia)--April, 1945
BINGHAM
BINGO
BINOCULAR
Lae, New Guinea (canceled)
BIOCELATE
BIPED
BIPED
BIRCH
Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean
BIRCH
Doma Cove, Solomon Islands
BIRTHDAY
Trobriand Island, New Guinea
BISHOP
Covering operation for DRACULA (27 April-6 May 1945) (G.B.)
BISHOP
BISON
Kumbum Village, New Guinea
BITING
Combined operation for capture of prisoners and equipment from the enemy Radio Direction Finder Station at Bruneval, France (27-28 February 1942) (G.B.)
BIVALVE
Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, Africa
BLACK
Plan for seizure of Dakar (later PICADOR and BARRISTER).
BLACKBERRY
Enogai, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
BLACKBOY
Segi Village, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands
BLACKLIST
Operations of Commander-in-Chief, Air Forces, Pacific, to occupy Japanese held territory after the surrender
BLACKMAIL
Sabotage operations by French workers
BLACKSMITH
Wewak Airdrome, New Guinea
BLACKSTONE
Safi, French Morocco, Africa
BLANCMANGE
Safi, French Morocco, Africa
BLAZEUP
BLEACHER
BLENNY
BLISSFUL
Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands
BLONDIE
BLOODSUCKER
BLOSSOM
Madu Island, Flores Sea, N.E.I.
BLT
BLUEPrewar plan for the defense of the United States, should war occur.
BLUEBEARD
BLUEBELL
Kaylan Point, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
BLUEBERRY
Daly Rock, Treasury Island
BLUEGRASS
Hate Tabako Airdrome, Halmahera Island, N.E.I.
BLUFF
BLUIE
BLUIE EAST 2
Weather station near Angmagssalik, on the east coast of Greenland
BLUIE WEST 1
Narsarssuak, Greenland air base
BLUIE WEST 8
Northern Greenland air base
BLUNDERBUSS
BM
Bmr
Bn
BOARSHEAD
BofB
BOBCAT
Bora Bora Island, Society Islands
bodenstaendig
Static (division) [German]
BODKIN
Sondrestromfjord, Greenland
BOGGY
BOILINGPOINT
Vitiaz Strait, New Guinea
BOISTEROUS
Operations for the capture of Malaya
BOLERO
Operation of transferring American armed forces from the United States to the United Kingdom
Bomb
BOMBARDON
Cruciform steel silos (part of MULBERRY)
BONUS
Tui Island, Bismarck Archipelago
BOODLE
Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands
BOODLE
BOOKIE
Fort Chimo, Province of Quebec, Canada
BOOKWORM
BOQ
Bachelors' Office Quarters
BORAX
Military Attaché, Haiti, West Indies
BOREALIS
Alaskan-Siberian Air Ferry Project
BOSCOTelephone directory of American and British delegations at QUADRANT.
BOTANICAL
BOTANY
BOTTLE
Yulinkan, French Indo China
BOULDER
BOURGEOIS
BOWD
Budget Office, War Department
BOWERY
Aircraft for Malta from U.S.S. Wasp and H.M.S. Eagle (8-15 May 1942)
BOWLER
Air attack on shipping in harbour of Venice--21st March, 1945
BOWLER
Dar Es Salaam, Tanganykia, Africa
BOWSTRING
BOXCAR
BOXCAR
Moemi Airdrome, New Guinea
BOXCLOTH
BOXER
BOXWOOD
Norupena Point, Torokina Island, Solomon Islands
BOYLE
Br
Br
Br Jt Stf Miss
British Joint Staff Mission
BRACKER
Fotuna Point, Treasury Island
BRAID
Cover name for General Marshall during Casablanca Conference.
BRANCHPIPE
BRANGLE
BRASENOSE
BRASS
BRASSARD
Amphibious operation launched from Corsica with the object of capturing Elba, Mediterranea (17 June 1944)
BRASSHAT
Amphibious Training Group, Southwest Pacific
BRASSIERE
BRAVES
BRAWN
Operation to deliver a second heavy air strike on the German BB Tirpitz in Altenfiord and incapacitate her for the rest of the war (19 May 1944) (G.B.)
BRAWNY
Braz
BREACH
Denial to enemy of Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland, and reception base; destruction of shipping and harbor facilities and minelyaing of approaches (2 February 1941) (G.B.)
BREAKDOWN
Markham River Valley, New Guinea
BREAAKFAST
BRED
Missana Island, Celebes, N.E.I.
BRETHREN
BREWER
Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago
BRICABRAC
Ndeni Island, Santa Cruz Islands
BRICKLAYER
Removal of General Kreipe and party from Crete (14 May 1944)
BRIDE
Western Entrance to Gulf Bone, Celebes, N.E.I.
BRIDESMAID
BRIAR
Laiana Beach, New Georgia-Munda Area, Solomon Islands
Brig
BRIGANTINE
BriGen
BRIMSTONE
Operations for capture of Sardinia
BRINDLE
BROADBEAN
Dry Sand Cove, Florida-Tulagi Group, Solomon Islands
BROADJUMP
BROADSWORD
Operations for the liberation of Malaya and to open the Straits of Malacca
BROADWAY;
Landing ground--north-east Burma (1944)
BROCADE
Puluwat Island, Truk Lagoon, Caroline Islands
BROCCOLI
Olson's Landing, New Georgia-Munda Area, Solomon Islands
BROCKTON
BRONCHITIS
Kahili Airfield, Bougainville, Solomon Islands
BRONX
BRONZE
BROOKFIELD
BROOM
BROOMSTICK
Nankina River, New Guinea
BROOMSTICK
Operation to counter an enemy breakout, either through the English Channel or through the Northern Passage, with the object of attacks on shipping (March 1945)
BROTHER
Naha, Okinawa Jima, Nansei Shoto Island, Japan
BROWN
British Guiana, South America
BRUSH
Palmyra Island, Line Islands
BRUSHWOOD
Bsc
BSCC
BOLERO-SICKLE Combined Committee
Btry
Bu
BuAer
BUCCANEER
Operation against Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal (21 June-15 November 1943)
BUCHAN
Geographical location in connection with ARGONAUT
BUCO
Build-up Control Office, Portsmouth, England. Controlled the flow of personnel thru the Concentration Areas, Marshalling Areas, and Embarkation Areras for the Normandy invasion.
BUDDY
Mt. Lambe, Solomon Islands
BuDocks
Bureau of Yards and Docks
BuEng
BUFFALO
Attack by 6th Corps to establish base north of Cisterina, west coast of Italy (23 May-4 June 1944) (G.B.)
BUFFALO
Wough Bay, Tetipari, Solomon Islands
BUICK
BUICK
Nura Island, Solomon Islands
BULKHEAD
Hai K'au (Kaiko), Formosa
Bull
BULLFROG
Amphibious operations for capture of Akyab, Burma (21 June-15 November 1943)
BULLION
BULLY
BULRUSH
BUMBLEPUPPY
Map Island, Yap, Caroline Islands
BUMBOAT
BUMPER
BUMPKIN
BUNCHBERRY
BUNDLE
BUNGALOW
Projected Navy capture of Martinique and Guadaloupe, Caribbean Sea
BUNKER
Establishment of allied officers at German Naval Headquarters at Trento and Trieste, Italy, on surrender (30 April-1 June 1945)
BUNKHOUSE
BUNKUM
Reconnaissance on the beaches of Sumatra by a naval party (23-24 April 1944) (G.B.)
Buord
Bupers
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Bur
BURLESQUE
Roi Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
BURNISHED
BURNSALL
Special force operation mounted by Headquarters, Allied Armies in Italy
BUSCI
Buships
BUSTLE
Djilolo Passage, Halmahera Island, N.E.I.
BUSYBODY
BUTCHER
Oued Bou Reg, French Morocco
BUTTERBALLS
"Attack at night expected"
BUTTERCUP
BUTTERFLY
BUTTON
Espiritu Santo Island, New Hebrides Islands
BUTTRESS
Operations against Reggio-Sangiovanni Area, Italy
BUZZARD
BUZZER
Operations for the capture of Wake Island
BW Sied--Bevollmachtigter des OKW fur Siedlugsfragen
Armed Forces Plenipotentiary for Settlement (German: p. 52)
BYPRODUCT
Trobriand Island (Kiriwina)
BYRON
Unea Island, Bismarck Archipelago
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