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SHORT GLOSSARY OF R.F.C./R.A.F. SLANG
By Air Commodore Peter Trounce. DFC, DSO.
Chief of the Biggles O Maniacs

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Archie
AckEmma and PipEmma
Angels
Balbo, A
Bale out
Bandits
Bind, A
Black, A
Blitz, A solid lump of
Blonde job, A
Bogus
Bomphleteers
Brassed off
Brisfit
Blighty
Blighty One
Blimp


Brolly
Browned off, To be
Bumf
Bumps and Circuits
Bus driver
Buttoned up
Caterpillar Club
Completely Cheesed
Cope
Crabbing along
Deck, Crack down on
Dog fight
Drill, The right
Drink, In the
Drop a Clanger
Dud
Duff gen.
Dust bin
ENSA
Erk, An
Fan
Feather
Flak
Flap
Flying Suitcase
Fox, To
Gen (pron. jen)
George
Get Cracking
Gong, To collect a
Greenhouse
Harry Tate
Hedge-hopping
Hurryback  or Hurribird
Hurribomber
Jink away
Jug or Juggernaut
Kipper Kite

Kite
Laid on, To have
LMF

Mae West
Mozzy
Mickey Mouse
Muscle in
Naffy or NAAFI

Office
Organize
Pack up
Peel off, To
Perspex
Play pussy
Pleep
Plug away
Pres the Tit

Pukka gen.
Pulpit
Quick squirt
Quickie
Rang the bell
Rings
Roger
Ropey

Screamed downhill
Shooting a line
Shot Down in Flames
Sidcot
Snafu
Snake about
Sop
Spit
Spun in

Stationmaster
Stooge
Stooging about

Stingbag
Synthetic
Tail End Charlie
Tally-Ho
Tank Buster
Tannoy

Brylcreem Boys

Tear off a strip
Tee up
Touch bottom
Toys
Train, Driving the
Type

View
Wimpy

Wizard
Wizard Prang

Ack..Ack Anti Aircraft fire
A.M. P.M.
Altitude, as in "Angels 30" =Height 30.000 feet
A large formation of aircraft
To take to one's parachute
Enemy Aircraft
People who obstruct one
Something badly done, a "bad show"
Large formation of enemy aircraft
Young woman with fair hair
Sham, spurious

Airmen engaged on the early pamphlet raids
Diminutive of "browned off"
Bristol Fighter
England
A wound serious enough to be sent home
There were two classes of Airship. A-Rigid

(with a rigid   skeleton frame like the Hindenburg) and B-Limp inflates as a balloon
Parachute
"Fed up"
Paperwork
Circuits and landings ore Circuits and Bumps
A bomber pilot
A job properly completed, "mastered"
Members are those who had to jump by parachute from a plane
No hope at all
To accomplish, to deal with

Flying near the ground or water
To "pancake" an aircraft
Aerial scrap
Correct method of doing anything
To come down into the sea
Make a major mistake
Applied to weather when unfit to fly
Dud information
Rear gunner's lower position in aircraft
Entertainments National Service Association
A beginner in any job
The propeller
Move propeller blades to a flat-to-the-air position if engine fails
Anti-aircraft fire. In German. Flieger Abwehr Kannone

A disturbance, general excitement
"Hampden" Bomber
To do something clever or rather cunning
General information of any kind whatever
The automatic pilot
Get going
To get a medal
Cockpit cover
RE8 Aircraft
Flying so low that the aircraft appears to hop over the hedges
A Hurricane fighter
Hurricane converted to carry bombs
Sharp manoeuvre. Sudden evasive action of aircraft
US P47 Thunderbolt
Coastal Command Aircraft which convoy fishing fleets in the North and Irish Seas
An airplane
To produce anything, such as supplies
Lacking Moral Fibre. A dreadful term the RAF applied to aircrew whose nerves finally gave way
Life-saving stole, or waistcoat, inflated if wearer falls into sea
Mosquito

Bomb-dropping mechanism
To take advantage of a good thing
Navy, Army, Air Force Institution. Where on base buy a chocolate bar or tea
Cockpit of aircraft
To "win" a wanted article
Cease to function
Break formation to engage enemy
Aircraft bubble canopy
Hide in the clouds
A squeak, rather like a high note klaxon
Continue to fire. Keep after target
In a fighter, push a button which gives extra power for a few minutes,before the engine overheats
Accurate information
Cockpit of aircraft
Short sharp burst of machine-gun fire
Short for above
Got good results
Rank designation on officer's cuffs
Message received and understood
Uncomplimentary adjective. "A ropey landing","A ropey type", "A ropey evening", etc.
Executed a power dive
Exaggerated talk, generally about one's own prowess
Crossed in love. Severe reprimand
Make of flying suit
Situation Normal. All Fouled Up
Operational aerobatics
Standard Operating Procedure
Spitfire
A bad mistake. Analogy from an aircraft spinning out of control into the ground
Commanding Officer of Station
Deputy, i.e. second pilot or any assistant
Delayed landing for various reasons. Flying slowly over an area. Patrolling
Fairy "Swordfish" Torpedo carrier biplane with lots of bracing wires
Not the real thing. Also applied to ground training
Rear gunner in large bombing aircraft or rear aircraft of a formation
Attack! From Fox Hunting
Hawker Typhoon
Outside loudspeakers at an airfield to warn pilots and crew at dispersal to scramble or to stand to
What the other Services called the RAF because their hair was longer and they used Brylcreem Hair Oil on it
To reprimand, take down a peg
To prepare a job, to get ready
Crash
A great deal of training equipment is termed toys
Leading more than one squadron into battle
Classification - usually referring to people. Good, Bad, Ropey, Poor type
R.A.F. personnel always take a "view" of things: Good view, Poor view, Dim view, Long distance view, Lean view, Outside view, "Ropey" view
Vickers "Wellington" Named after the cartoon character J. Wellington Wimpy, who relished hamburgers
Really first class, superlative, attractive
A highly successful raid



 

 

   
     
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