416th BG POW/E&E Terms

416th Bombardment Group (L)

POW/E&E

Terms and Acronyms

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Below are some Terms and Acronyms encountered in Prisoner Of War (POW) and Escape & Evasion (E&E) research.

Term	Description
CPM	Captured Personnel and Materials Branch of MIS, headquartered at Fort Hunt, Virginia
DMI	Directorate of Military Intelligence (UK)
Dulag Luft	Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe - German for Air Force transit camp
E&E / EE / E and E	Escape and Evasion
Escaper (Escapee)	Soldier who escaped from enemy hands (MI9 classification)
Evader (Evadee)	Soldier who had not been captured by (evaded) enemy forces (MI9 classification)
FFI	French Forces of the Interior (French: Forces françaises de l'Intérieur) refers to French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II
FTR	Fail To Return - Date a Soldier Failed to Return from a Mission
IS9	Intelligence School 9 - British organization, Chief task was the support and rescue of escaped POWs and evaders (E&Es) stranded in enemy territory in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. I.S.9 activities fell under M.I.9 (British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9), a department of the War Office during WW II.
KEW	Kew, Richmond, Greater London, UK - Location of UK The National Archives (TNA)
KLM	False escape line in Antwerp, created by the Abwehr - German Miliraty intelligence
KM	KiloMeter (KiloMetre) - Metric system distance measurement typically used in Europe and England, approximately 6/10ths of a U.S. Mile.
KMC	King's Medal for Courage
Kriegsgefangenen / Kriegie	German term for a POW Soldier (Sometimes found spelled "Kriegesgefangenen")
Luft	German word for Air
Luftwaffe	German word for AirForce
LWG	Left Waist Gunner - B-17 aircraft crew position
M and/or MME	Customary French title of respect and term of address - Monsieur (M) for men and Madame (MME) for women
Maquis	Rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II
MI9	British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9. British organization tasked with supporting available European Resistance networks and making use of them to assist Allied airmen shot down over Europe in returning to Britain. (British equivalent of MIS-X)
MIA	Missing In Action
MIS	Military Intelligence Service, U.S. War Department
MIS-X	Escape and Evasion Section (MIS-X) of the MIS
MOC	Man of Confidence - Leader elected by fellow Prisoners in a POW camp
NARA	U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
NFD	No Further Details
POW	Prisoner of War
PWE	Political Warfare Executive
RAAF	Royal Australian Air Force
RAF	Royal Air Force - British AF
RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force
RAMP	Recovered Allied Military Personnel (sometimes "American" used in place of "Allied")
RWG	Right Waist Gunner - B-17 aircraft crew position
SAO	Senior Allied Officer - Typically highest ranking Allied Officer in a given POW camp who was in charge of Allied Prisoners.
SOE	Special Operations Executive
SPG	Special report, Prisoner, Germany
Stalag	German term used for prisoner-of-war camps; contraction of "Stammlager" (itself short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftsstammlager, a literal translation of which is "War-caught" (i.e. POW) "team" "main camp"). Therefore, technically "stalag" simply means "main camp".
TNA	The National Archives, British National Archives located Kew, Richmond, Greater London, UK TW9 4DU. Often referred to as KEW
WEA	Western European Area
Wehrkreis	German Military Districts, used for organizing divisions of the German Army

Term

Description

CPM

Captured Personnel and Materials Branch of MIS, headquartered at Fort Hunt, Virginia

DMI

Directorate of Military Intelligence (UK)

Dulag Luft

Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe - German for Air Force transit camp

E&E / EE / E and E

Escape and Evasion

Escaper (Escapee)

Soldier who escaped from enemy hands (MI9 classification)

Evader (Evadee)

Soldier who had not been captured by (evaded) enemy forces (MI9 classification)

FFI

French Forces of the Interior (French: Forces françaises de l'Intérieur) refers to French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II

FTR

Fail To Return - Date a Soldier Failed to Return from a Mission

IS9

Intelligence School 9 - British organization, Chief task was the support and rescue of escaped POWs and evaders (E&Es) stranded in enemy territory in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. I.S.9 activities fell under M.I.9 (British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9), a department of the War Office during WW II.

KEW

Kew, Richmond, Greater London, UK - Location of UK The National Archives (TNA)

KLM

False escape line in Antwerp, created by the Abwehr - German Miliraty intelligence

KiloMeter (KiloMetre) - Metric system distance measurement typically used in Europe and England, approximately 6/10ths of a U.S. Mile.

KMC

King's Medal for Courage

Kriegsgefangenen / Kriegie

German term for a POW Soldier (Sometimes found spelled "Kriegesgefangenen")

Luft

German word for Air

Luftwaffe

German word for AirForce

LWG

Left Waist Gunner - B-17 aircraft crew position

M and/or MME

Customary French title of respect and term of address - Monsieur (M) for men and Madame (MME) for women

Maquis

Rural guerrilla bands of French Resistance fighters, called maquisards, during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II

MI9

British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9. British organization tasked with supporting available European Resistance networks and making use of them to assist Allied airmen shot down over Europe in returning to Britain. (British equivalent of MIS-X)

MIA

Missing In Action

MIS

Military Intelligence Service, U.S. War Department

MIS-X

Escape and Evasion Section (MIS-X) of the MIS

MOC

Man of Confidence - Leader elected by fellow Prisoners in a POW camp

NARA

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

NFD

No Further Details

POW

Prisoner of War

PWE

Political Warfare Executive

RAAF

Royal Australian Air Force

RAF

Royal Air Force - British AF

RCAF

Royal Canadian Air Force

RAMP

Recovered Allied Military Personnel (sometimes "American" used in place of "Allied")

RWG

Right Waist Gunner - B-17 aircraft crew position

SAO

Senior Allied Officer - Typically highest ranking Allied Officer in a given POW camp who was in charge of Allied Prisoners.

SOE

Special Operations Executive

SPG

Special report, Prisoner, Germany

Stalag

German term used for prisoner-of-war camps; contraction of "Stammlager" (itself short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftsstammlager, a literal translation of which is "War-caught" (i.e. POW) "team" "main camp"). Therefore, technically "stalag" simply means "main camp".

TNA

The National Archives, British National Archives located Kew, Richmond, Greater London, UK TW9 4DU. Often referred to as KEW

WEA

Western European Area

Wehrkreis

German Military Districts, used for organizing divisions of the German Army