qv = also in Glossary
E
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E Type
1930s hangar type -
E&RFTS
Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School -
E/A
Enemy aircraft -
Eagle (squadron)
WW2 RAF fighter unit comprising of American volunteers, when their country was still neutral -
Eagle Day
First major Luftwaffe attack on British airfields during the Battle of Britain (13 August 1940) -
ECM
Electronic countermeasures -
EFTS
Elementary Flying Training School -
EGS
Elementary Gliding School -
ELG
Emergency Landing Ground -
Exercise Spartan
Combined RAF/Army exercise of February/March 1943 -
Expansion Period
Period of time (1934-1939, alternatively referred to as the Expansion Scheme) which notably saw much more permanent brick-built military airfields constructed