Loading List Glossary

Glossary

The loading lists are created from original documents when available. Flimsies (Forms 15) provide pilot and formation information. Consolidated loading lists provide the manning record. Some of these have been lost, and in those instances manning is taken from the last known (LK) crew listed, or from a known crew list (CL). These sources should not be looked upon as being accurate. Only the loading list (LL) information shows factual crew manning.

1LT - First Lieutenant.
2LT - Second Lieutenant.
AC - Air commander
B - Bombardier
BG - Ball gunner
CAPT - Captain.
COL - Colonel.
CP - Copilot (second pilot)
CPL - Corporal
DRN - Dead reckoning navigator
FE - Flight engineer
LTCOL - Lieutenant Colonel.
MAJ - Major.
MO - Mickey Operator.
NG - Nose gunner
NTN - Nose turret/Navigator. (?)
O - Observer (?)
P - (first) Pilot
Pos - Position on Crew
PPN - Pin point navigator
PVT - Private
Rank - Rank
RO - Radio operator
SGT - Seargeant
Src - source (LL - loading list; CL - known crew list; FL - Flimsy; LK - Last known)
SSGT - Staff Seargeant
TG - Tail gunner
TSGT - Technical Seargeant
TT - Top Turret
U - Unknown
X - Passenger (?)